NEW ULM – New Ulm’s trap shooting range will soon see a long overdue improvement thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Minnesota Department of National Resources (DNR). Tuesday, the New Ulm City Council accepted a Large Shooting Rang grant from Minnesota DNR that will be used to replace the ...

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners unanimously approved accepting a free LUCAS CPR device Tuesday for the Brown County Sheriff’s Office. Brown County Emergency Management Director Shawn Stoermann said the device, valued at more than $30,000; will be used for medical response. The Lund ...

NEW ULM – For 23 years the Piotter family has sold sweetcorn directly to customers from the back of a pickup truck parked near South Payne Street. Tuesday the sweetcorn selling season came to a close. Kendall Piotter and his son Dylan Piotter picked the last ears of sweetcorn from their farm ...

FAIRMONT – Today is the 60th anniversary of The Beatles’ lone visit to Minnesota, at the Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington on Aug. 21, 1965. One Fairmont resident, Deeanne Helfritz, was there to witness it at 15 years of age. She said she had heard about the concert via word of mouth ...

NEW ULM – Southern Minnesota Tooling and S&H Capital was granted a one-year compliance extension for its tax abatement. In July 2022, the New Ulm City Council established a tax abatement program for Southern Minnesota Tooling Inc. (SMT) and S&H Capital. A tax abatement allows a city ...

NEW ULM – The installation of new playground equipment in Washington Park began last week and is expected to be completed by next week. After the equipment at Washington Park is installed, the work crews from Flagship Recreation will begin work at playground installation at Lincoln ...