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NU Council changes mind on armory

NEW ULM – The City of New Ulm has decided to take the former National Guard Armory along with the Field Maintenance Shop. Last month, the New Ulm City Council held a work session on whether to acquire two former Minnesota National Guard properties that were recently vacated following the ...

Lake Hanska Park master plan proposal approved

NEW ULM — In an effort to ensure it meets future needs, Brown County Commissioners unanimously approved a proposal Tuesday to develop a 15-year Lake Hanska Park master plan. The park located at 11189 County Road 11, several miles southeast of Hanska, features a campground with electric ...

Mathiowetz has championship junior year

SLEEPY EYE — After coming up short in the Class A State Girls Basketball Tournament last season, Sleepy Eye St. Marys’ Morgan Mathiowetz worked to make sure she got her chance to get to that stage once more. Mathiowetz was one of the top players in Class A this year, and one would be ...

Trap range building project shoots forward

NEW ULM – The long-overdue improvements to New Ulm’s trap shooting building are coming into range. The New Ulm City Council approved a professional service contract with RW Carlstrom for the New Ulm Trap Range building project. The cost estimate for the service is estimated at ...

Mathiowetz setting standard at SD State

BROOKINGS, S.D. — For someone who played high school basketball for a small Class A school in Minnesota, the impact Madison Mathiowetz has made during her basketball career has been anything but small. The Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s High School all-time leader in career points with 3,762, ...

Shamrocks and snowflakes

NEW ULM — St. Patrick’s Day parade participants sang “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” at the start of the parade up Minnesota Street Tuesday. Snowflakes fell prior to the parade but they didn’t last. A cool temperature and a chilly northwest wind were no match for Irish determination as ...