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New Ulm approves $926K water main project for Schell’s Brewery

NEW ULM — Tuesday the New Ulm City Council unanimously approved a $926,647.33 contract for a major underground water main project near Junior Pioneer Park and approved preliminary plans for a 2027 street reconstruction following input from local residents. The council awarded the water main construction contract to GM Contracting, Inc., which submitted the lowest of two bids for the project. GM Contracting’s bid came in $20,000 lower than the competing proposal. City Engineer Joe Stadheim said that while the total bid came in higher than initial engineering estimates prepared by ...

NU city council sets 2045 traffic safety goal

NEW ULM — The New Ulm City Council approved a comprehensive long-term plan aiming to eliminate all traffic-related deaths and serious injuries on city streets by 2045, while also accepting a corporate grant intended to foster positive law enforcement connections with local youth. Nicole Beckman, a senior consultant with SRF Consulting Group, presented the final draft of the New Ulm Safety Action Plan to council members during the meeting. The plan establishes a bold vision target of zero traffic-related fatalities and severe injuries within two decades, alongside an interim goal of ...

Brown County Commissioners receive annual MnDOT update

NEW ULM – Brown County is not expected to see any major MnDOT projects over the next years. Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) district engineer Zack Tess and MnDOT district planning director Samuel Parker provided an annual road system update for the Brown County ...

Concert in the Park series closes for the summer

NEW ULM — Twin Cities indie rock band The Dead Century closed the 2026 Concerts in the Park season Thursday night at German Park — the 13th and final Thursday evening show of the summer. The Dead Century formed in 2016 and has played Twin Cities clubs and festivals since then. The ...

A dramatic spike in the economy

NEW ULM — The volleyball nets are down and the sand has been swept off Minnesota Street, but the money the tournament brought to town is still being counted.  A new report says the two-day sand volleyball tournament held downtown on July 31 and August 1 brought $245,672 in visitor ...

How a hillbilly brought country music north

NEW ULM — "If anybody who wasn't born in Minnesota could become a Minnesotan, that's what happened to the old man." That is how Dale Strength described his father, Texas Bill Strength, Saturday morning at the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame in New Ulm. The presentation covered the life of ...