NEW ULM – Friday, the basement of the New Ulm Public Library was packed with book lovers hunting for the next great read. It was the annual Friends of the New Ulm Public Library used book sale, which has been held the first full weekend in November for over a decade. The sale is the ...
NEW ULM – Neighbors of the 1100 Block of North Spring Street received long-awaited relief after New Ulm’s City Council passed a resolution revoking the rental registration, ordering of abatement of public nuisance conditions and declaring a hazardous building located at 1108 North Spring ...
MARSHALL — The firearms deer hunting season opens in Minnesota this weekend. However, this year there will be some important changes for the deer opener, including sampling for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in southwest Minnesota and the end of shotgun-only hunting in many Minnesota counties. More than 400,000 hunters are anticipated to participate in the 2026 deer opener on Saturday, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said. In southern Minnesota, deer populations are stable or increasing, largely due to a series of mild winters that have helped more deer survive, the DNR ...
There were a number of local elections Tuesday, most of which had candidates running unopposed. School Board seats made up many of the contested races. In Madelia Public School District, four seats were open with five candidates running for election. Julie Pace (987 votes,) Brandon Ordorff (833 votes,) Steve Sorenson (832 votes) and Gayle Fenske (758) votes were elected. Claudia Reyes received 698 votes. Saint James Public School District had three open seats and five candidates. Michael Tonsager (1,545 votes,) Richard Spirzner (1,311 votes) and Nancy Trujillo Vite (1,013 votes) ...
NEW ULM — Music lovers gathered at the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame (MMHF) last week for "Legends of Country & Folk," the museum's third installment of the "Legacy Series," featuring special guest speaker Bobby Drengler. The event featured video screenings highlighting the careers of four ...
NEW ULM – The first few bardominiums in New Ulm are on the rise at 2211 Jacobs Street. A barndominium is a residential building combining a traditional barn-like structure with residential dwelling features, sometimes called a shed-house or "shouse.” This new type of building was brought ...
