NEW ULM — A wave of colorful caftans and oversized wigs swept through downtown New Ulm on Saturday as more than 35 women gathered for the city’s inaugural Mrs. Roper Romp. The themed bar crawl was organized by local residents to celebrate the life of Kristin “Sissy” Holm and to raise a ...

NEW ULM — Shoppers lined up outside the New Ulm Civic Center before the citywide garage sale opened Saturday. “At 8 a.m., this place was packed. I come here every year,” said antique dealer Scott Gilsrud of Redwood Falls. “A guy from the Minneapolis bought $350 worth of comics after ...

MORGAN — Retired Cedar Mountain High School English teacher and coach Keith Klawitter recently announced he is running for the District 15B Minnesota House of Representatives seat. A 50-year Morgan resident, Klawitter will seek the Democratic Farmer Labor endorsement at the Senate District ...

NEW ULM – The Minnesota Music Hall of Fame saw its membership expand by seven this weekend. The Minnesota Music Hall of Fame (MMHF) held its induction ceremony on Friday at Turner Hall. The new inductees included Virgil E. C. “Swede” Wagner, the Chatfield Brass Band & Library, Cathy ...

FORT RIDGELY — Fort Ridgely, a U.S. military post built in 1953 near the southern border of the Dakota reservation and northwest of the German settlement of New Ulm, was originally designed to keep peace as colonists settled on former Dakota land. Yielding to U.S. government pressure in ...

NEW ULM — The Grand Center for Arts and Culture has welcomed Twin Cities-based printmaker and comic artist Izzy Shinn as its newest artist-in-residence. Shinn, who specializes in intaglio printmaking and ink illustration, arrived March 30 and will remain through April 13. The residency is ...