NEW ULM – All streaks are meant to be broken. On Saturday at the Turner Hall Dodgeball Tournament, the Yellow Ribbon team’s aspirations to win a third consecutive championship were foiled at the hands of a team that saw half of its players sign up at the last minute. That team was ...
NEW ULM - The race was off with a boom and a bang as New Ulm Battery members fired off their cannon to start the 2026 Hermann 5K. The 5K began a little after 9 a.m. Saturday in Harman Park. At roughly 9:25 a.m., Chris Gordon became the first person to cross the finish line at 2nd N. Street, ...
NEW ULM - Principals from all four New Ulm Public Schools gave start of the year reports during Thursday's study session. Principal of Washington Learning Center (WLC) Dawn Brown said that staff were busy over the summer. “Our special ed team did a STAR training which [provided] special ed strategies for teaching based on autism research,” Brown said. Brown said that 18% of students at WLC have an IEP (Individualized learning program), “whether it’s for speech-only services or a combination of other special education services.” Brown also highlighted the changes to ...
NEW ULM – Cathedral High School held its coronation for the 2026 Homecoming Sunday. Joshua Forstner and Madelyn Portner were crowned King and Queen. CHS will hold its Homecoming Parade 1 pm, Friday, Sept. 18. The CHS Homecoming football game will begin at 7 p.m. at Johnson Park against ...
LAKE CRYSTAL – Friday, on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, firefighters from four area departments paid tribute to those who sacrificed everything to save lives through a memorial climb of the POET Bioprocessing grain bin outside Lake Crystal. The staircase leading to the ...
NEW ULM — The New Ulm Area Chamber of Commerce held its fourth annual CEO panel Thursday at Schell's Brewery Bierhalle, where discussions spanned employee retention to the growing use of artificial intelligence across local businesses. Danny Hawkins, vice-chair of the Chamber, hosted the ...
