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Nicollet schools, union reach tentative agreement

NICOLLET — Superintendent Robin Courrier informed the Nicollet Public School Board at their Wednesday meeting that NPS and the Nicollet Education Association have reached a tentative agreement for the 2024-25 school year. “Due to the terms agreed for necessary salary improvements, and ...

Take a stroll …

NEW ULM – The opening line of T. S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” begins with the line “April is the cruelest month.” April may be the cruelest month, but it is also National Poetry Month and the Grand Center for Arts and Culture partnered with New Ulm High School creative writing ...

Minnesota Music Hall of Fame welcomes six new inductees

NEW ULM — With six new acts entering the hallowed halls of the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame (MMHF), the museum will be hosting its 33rd annual Induction Ceremony and Awards Banquet on Friday, April 19. The event will be held at the New Ulm Conference Center, with a social hour at 5 p.m., a ...

Park and Rec Commission hears baseball history center proposal

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Baseball Association (NUBA) brought its vision of honoring New Ulm’s baseball history to the New Ulm Park and Rec Commission for discussion at their work session Monday. NUBA proposed building a history center along the third base line north of the bleachers and on ...

‘Good to see what’s new’ at CTE Center

NEW ULM — Members of the New Ulm EDA walked away impressed after a tour of the New Ulm Public School’s Career Technical Education Center. For some members of the EDA, it was the first time looking around the facility in around two years. The EDA has given the CTE Center $190,000 in ...

Groundbreaking ceremony to be held for new MN National guard readiness center

NEW ULM — Minnesota National Guard Adjutant Gen.Shawn Manke will join New Ulm Mayor Kathleen Backer for a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday for the second phase of the new readiness center that will replace the present New Ulm Armory built in 1914. The public ceremony begins at 10 a.m. at ...