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Council advances gun club lease

NEW ULM — The New Ulm City Council approved an updated lease for the city-owned trap and skeet range and reviewed a plan to automate park restroom locks Tuesday. Park and Recreation Director Joey Schugel presented both items during the regular meeting and budget work session, Tuesday. On the range, councilors authorized the city manager and finance director to sign a new lease agreement with the Sioux Valley Gun Club for the facility at 214 21st North Street. Schugel said the current lease has been in place since Jan. 1, 2000, and while it met city standards at the time, it did not ...

Brown County 4-H Poultry Show results

NEW ULM — The 2026 Brown County 4-H Poultry Show had 204 birds including chickens, roosters, turkeys, guineas, ducks, geese and pigeons. Overall Poultry Grand Champion was Audrey Gag with her brown eye layer. Carsten Nienhaus was reserve champion with his brown egg layer. Other results ...

Police logs

New Ulm Police • Reported a two-vehicle crash at 6:52 p.m. Thursday at Center Street and Highland Avenue. An eastbound 2007 Saturn Ion driven by Roan Phillip Scriver, 16, New Ulm collided with the rear of a 2014 Ford F350 driven eastbound by Michael Bradley Sprenger, 33, Comfrey. Damage was moderate to the frent end of the Saturn. There was no obvious damage to the Ford. Both drivers wore seat belts. • Reported a one-vehicle crash without injuries at 3:38 p.m. Thursday at German Street South and 19th Street South. Darrell Bennit Hilbert, 76, New Ulm, was driving a 1989 Ford truck ...

Remembering the Lake Shetek attack and the Fool Soldiers

NEW ULM – Brown County Historical Society’s (BCHS) U.S.-Dakota War remembrance week continued Thursday, with a presentation on the Dakota attack on Lake Shetek. In August 1862, Lake Shetek, in Murray County, was home to approximately 45 White settlers. Their location near Dakota territory ...

Garden Street reconstruction proposed for 2027

NEW ULM — The New Ulm City Council received an engineering report Tuesday for the 2027 reconstruction of Garden Street. The project is proposed from 1st North Street at Harman Park north to New Ulm Medical Center at 5th North Street. The city is programmed to receive about $3.7 million in federal and state-aid funds for construction in fiscal years 2027 and 2028. City Engineer Joe Stadheim said the council hired SEH to design the project June 4, 2024. The city held an open house Feb. 26, 2025. The state granted a variance April 9 to allow reduced depth for diagonal parking. MnDOT ...

NU city council previews 2027 preliminary budget

NEW ULM — The New Ulm City Council previewed a revised 2027 preliminary budget Tuesday. Finance Director Nicole Jorgensen presented the draft and said the preliminary budget will be brought forward for formal approval in September. The council will set the preliminary levy, which is the ...