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Tigers girls take home 2A golf title

NORTH MANKATO — For the past two years, Springfield’s Mavri Winkelmann and Ava Lipetzky have reached the Class A State Golf Tournament individually, but the Tigers have just missed out on going on a team, coming up short in both years. This season, Springfield changed that, shooting a ...

River Valley BMX back is back in action

NEW ULM – BMX is back in New Ulm following the reconstruction of the River Valley track at 316 S. Third Street. Mayor Kathleen Backer, with the assistance of some BMX riders, held a special ribbon-cutting for the revamped course. Reconstruction of the BMX started in Sept. 2025 and was ...

NU school board cuts nine staff

New Ulm - Thursday’s school board meeting confirmed the termination of nine New Ulm Public Schools’ staff members.  ISD 88’s school board room was silent following the reading of the action item confirming the termination of nine New Ulm Public School staff members. Board member Amanda Groebner eventually made the motion with a second from board member Melissa Sunderman, which passed as a unanimous decision.  “It’s never fun,” Groebner said. Terminations included six paraprofessionals, Mackenzie Kjelshus, Kevin Maudal, and Megan Williams from Washington Learning ...

A ‘beautiful and vibrant’ downtown

NEW ULM – If it seems flowers sprang up in downtown New Ulm overnight, that is because of the work of dozens of volunteers and sponsors. Between Tuesday and Thursday, 37 planters, 97 pots and 125 hanging baskets along Minnesota Street and Broadway were filled with flowers for the ...

Timeless in Brick

NEW ULM — Local historian Lisa Besemer presented “Timeless in Brick: Discovering the Stories of Four Historic Homes” at the Brown County Historical Society’s annual event at Turner Hall on Thursday. Besemer discussed the construction, ownership history and architectural details of ...

ISD 88 Foundation launches community endowment drive

NEW ULM - Independent School District (ISD) 88 Foundation is calling on the New Ulm community to invest in the future of local education through its growing Endowment Fund — a long-term financial resource designed to sustain support for New Ulm Public Schools for generations to come. Currently valued at approximately $650,000, the ISD 88 Foundation Endowment serves as a permanent investment fund that generates annual earnings to support the mission to “enhance education” for all New Ulm Public Schools students and staff. Recently, The ISD 88 Foundation Board of Directors voted ...