NEW ULM — Community members who filled Turner Hall on Thursday for the Brown County Historical Society’s 95th Annual Meeting listened to Garrett Ebling share a story that began with catastrophe — and unfolded into a long, often invisible battle for healing. Ebling, who has roots in New ...

NEW ULM — On Sunday, Nov. 2, a nationwide arrest warrant was issued for Randy Thomas Zimmerman for the alleged double homicide of Justin Reinarts and Tabitha Trescott in Hanska. Zimmerman was later apprehended based on this warrant in Louisa County, Iowa. Two days later, on Nov. 4, another ...

SLEEPY EYE — Veterans Day is a special day every year where we pay our respects to service women and men. This year was even more special for 11 Sleepy Eye area Veterans who were nominated for recognition by Quilts of Valor Foundation. The eleven veterans nominated this year were as ...

NEW ULM – The New Ulm Rotary Club welcomed guest speaker Anthony Richard Hulula to Tuesday’s meeting. Hulula is a fellow Rotarian from Kenya who in 2012, founded the Ngao Foundation. The goal of Ngao is to empower communities in Kenya by fostering sustainable development through community ...

NEW ULM – The Christmas season is just around the corner, as the City of New Ulm begins decorating for the season. The New Ulm Street Department and New Ulm Electrical Department worked together Thursday to decorate the City Hall Christmas tree. Bulbs were hung from the branches with care ...

NEW ULM – Construction work has begun on the 300 block of N. Broadway, with crews performing clearing and grading work ahead of the construction of a commercial retail space on the site. Earlier this year, the New Ulm Economic Development Authority (EDA) sold three of its lots at 318, 320, ...