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Medical assistance applications trend up

NEW ULM — Brown County Human Services medical assistance (MA) applications rose significantly in 2025, from 605 in 2024 to 675. “Applications are certainly trending up. We’ve had 39 more MA applications so far in 2026. We currently have 3,138 Brown County residents served by Medical ...

Designed to win

NEW ULM – Saturday, Cathedral High School (CHS) was taken over by robotic and the students who constructed the metal machines. The take over was part of CHS’s sixth annual robotic tournament. The competition featured over 30 teams from schools across southern Minnesota. New Ulm Area ...

No Thursday print edition because of the blizzard

The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for Wednesday. Blowing snow and extreme cold temperatures were expected to linger into the evening and early Thursday morning. Taking into account the extreme weather conditions and the safety of our drivers who pick up the newspapers from ...

Flu rates still trending high across state

NEW ULM — Brown County Public Health Director Jaimee Brand told Brown County commissioners Tuesday that there is quite a bit of winter flu activity across the state. She admitted there is not as much public health data available now from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) as there was ...

‘Wild land, wild life’ exhibition opens at 4 Pillars Gallery

NEW ULM — Master painter Bernd Hillmann opened his exhibition, “Wild Land, Wild Life,” Friday at the 4 Pillars Gallery at The Grand Center for Arts & Culture.  The show features 41 paintings created between 2020 and 2025, depicting landscapes and wildlife from Minnesota, Europe, and ...