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‘Beyond the Call of Duty’

At the Brown County Historical Society, curator Dan Hoisington provided tours of the new exhibit, “Beyond the Call of Duty.”  The display features artifacts, letters, and photographs that document Willibald Charles Bianchi’s life from a poultry farm in New Ulm to the battlefields of the ...

St. Paul’s preschooler give spirited performance at spring concert

NEW ULM – St. Paul’s Preschool students treated parents to a spring concert, Tuesday. The preschoolers entertained parents with a series of songs celebrating their faith, love of country and reading abilities. The students opened the concert by singing “My God is so Great” and ...

All the fun of Churchill Downs in Goosetown

NEW ULM – Saturday, Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky was host to the 152nd Kentucky Derby, but the New Ulm area was able to get in on the excitement. For the fourth year in a row, Black Frost Distillery held its Kentucky Derby viewing party. The distillery livestreams the race for ...

‘A space for learning, remembering, grieving and hoping’

HANSKA — Community members gathered Saturday at 102 W. Blessum St. in Hanksa for a vigil to honor Justin Paul Reinarts and Tabitha Leigh Trescott. The event, held six months after their deaths, served as both a memorial and a platform for domestic violence awareness.  Brittany Wojtowicz, ...

NU Garden Club host speaker from Ribizli Seed Company

NEW ULM - The New Ulm Garden Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 6 at the New ulm airport. The guest speaker will be Monika Sziron Torzewski from Ribizli Seed Company. She will share the story of how she started her business of curating heirloom seeds and selling Hungarian heritage ...

SEU keeps control of Tomahawk-Valley tourney

NEW ULM — What has been par for the course for this season’s Tomahawk-Valley Conference Boys Golf Tournament, wind played a hand in many shots during the second leg at New Ulm Country Club on Monday. But just like the gusty first leg of the tournament on April 22, Sleepy Eye United’s ...