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NU woman dies in Highway 15 crash

NEW ULM — A 29-year-old New Ulm woman died in a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 15 about five miles south of New Ulm Wednesday, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Guadalupe Maria Miramontes of New Ulm was driving a 2016 Jeep Compass southbound on Highway 15 that collided with a 2019 Ford F250 driven northbound on Highway 15 by Hunter David Grathwohl, 21, of Fairmont. He was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Both drivers wore seat belts. Airbags deployed in both vehicles. Assisting agencies included New Ulm Police and Fire ...

MN Gladiolus Society brings one-of-kind show to NU

NEW ULM – The Minnesota Gladiolus Society celebrated America’s 250th birthday during its Brown County Fair show last weekend. The New Ulm Civic Center south arena was filled with 359 individual gladiolus spikes and 70 gladiolus arrangements all based around the theme of American ...

Helping make memories

NEW ULM — Woodstone Senior Living and Orchard Hill raised $4,912 for the Alzheimer's Association at their second annual fundraiser Monday. ​The total topped last year's amount despite lower attendance. ​"Our attendance was lower than last year, but the support was even greater, we ...

New Ulm Public School welcomes new staff

Independent School School District 88 welcomed new staff and educators Tuesday. Top row: left to right Julie Holub, speech language pathologist at Washington Learning Center (WLC); Kerrinne Fann, eighth grade science at New Ulm Middle School (NUMC); Grace Palmquist, English at New Ulm High ...

Brown Co. OKs loan for ballroom demolition

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners unanimously approved forgiveness of up to a $500,000 loan facilitating the removal of the former George’s Ballroom property Tuesday. Ballroom demolition was completed in February 2025, satisfying the condition required for $405,228.74 of loan ...

‘Democracy is the work of talking together’

NEW ULM – Democratic nominee for Minnesota’s first congressional district, Jake Johnson, visited New Ulm for a town hall meeting on Monday. This was the 15th town hall held by Johnson during his campaign for Minnesota’s first district. Johnson said part of the reason for holding the ...