NEW ULM – The New Ulm City Council agreed to submit a grant application to the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) on behalf of the redevelopment of the Marktplatz Mall site. Marktplatz Mall has been closed as a retail space since 2018 after the Herberger’s store was ...

NEW ULM – The omnibus pretrial hearing for Randy Zimmerman for the first-degree murder of Justin Reinarts and Tabitha Trescott was pushed back to Monday, March 16. The hearing was delayed on request from Zimmerman’s defense team. Lead Defense Attorney Greg Handevidt informed Judge Robert ...

NEW ULM – About 65 people gathered Saturday evening at the intersection of Center Street and Broadway Street for a candlelight vigil honoring Alex Pretti, a Minneapolis ICU nurse fatally shot earlier that morning by a federal immigration agent during an enforcement operation. The vigil, ...

SLEEPY EYE — The third time was a charm for the 1919 Root Beer pond hockey team as they narrowly beat River Valley Sanitation 17-15 in the Sleepy Eye Pond Hockey Classic championship game Saturday. It was 1919 Root Beer’s third straight pond hockey classic title. The championship game was ...

NEW ULM — On Sunday, 18 participants gathered at the German-Bohemian Heritage Society rooms on the third floor of the Grand Center for Arts & Culture, speaking German, sharing stories, and crowning the New Ulm Sprachklub’s native speakers with festive “let’s party” crowns.  The ...

NEW ULM — New Ulm Public Utilities (NUPU) staff offers a number of tips to avoid frozen water pipes and reduce heating costs this winter. Darlis O’Brien of the NUPU Water & District Energy Dept. said most water service lines enter homes in the basement, so the basement temperature ...