NEW ULM — New Ulm Mayor Kathleen Backer talked about what she loves most about the century-old Minnesota National Guard Armory Friday. Backer said the community benefited greatly from the brick, fortress-like armory that resembles a German castle. “Look at the ever-lasting impact that ...

NEW ULM — After five years in Henderson, Princefest is moving to New Ulm on Saturday, April 20. The festival, held in collaboration between the Prince Legacy Project and the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame, will feature events spread across both the hall itself and Turner Hall. The Hall of ...

SLEEPY EYE – A Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) open house for a 25-mile Highway 4 improvement project from Sleepy Eye to St. James Wednesday featured a request for flashing red lights at an all-way stop in Leavenworth. The $18.8 million project with a 10-ton highway, bridge, ...

SLEEPY EYE — The Sleepy Eye Public School Board unanimously approved a Senior Class trip request to Florida again, Wednesday. Action came on a motion by board member Casey Coulson, seconded by Joleen Dittbenner for a March 26-29 trip to Orlando, Fl. Projected cost per student is $1,350 each, ...

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 ...

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 ...