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‘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, ...

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 ...

Cathedral hosts Glitz & Gamble Prom Night

NEW ULM — Cathedral High School hosted Glitz & Gamble Prom Night with a grand march in the high school gym Saturday night. The junior class helped decorate the high school gym for the prom. The school serves about 200 students in grades 7-12. All faiths are welcome to the ...

Laid to rest in hometown 85 years after serving with valor

NEW ULM — A high-pitched turbine whine from six jet engines and the loud, “whomp-whomp” sound of four rotor blades on each of three Black Hawk helicopters filled the air above New Ulm City Cemetery Soldiers Rest Section Saturday. Sue Marti of New Ulm hugged a tightly-folded American flag ...

A dynamic duo at interpretation

NEW ULM – Last Saturday, Minnesota Valley Lutheran (MVL) seniors Paige Berg and Elizabeth Halvorson represented their school at the State Speech Tournament by performing an abridged version of “Little Shop of Horrors.” Berg and Halvorson were competing in the Duo Interpretation speech ...

Flying old MN flag could get costly

NEW ULM — Cities and counties flying the 1983 version of the Minnesota state flag could wind up paying a heavy cost for it. House File 5077, a bill authored by Minnesota Democrat Mike Freiberg, D-Golden Valley, would reduce local government aid to a county or city that uses “the incorrect ...