NEW ULM — Police tried in vain to save a ball python snake after receiving a call about it spotted near 7th North and German St. Monday. Corp. Chris Davis said he and Sgt. Aaron Widmer spotted the nonvenomous constrictor snake near the intersection. Widmer used a shovel to put the snake in a ...

NEW ULM — Roundabouts were the big pieces in the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) District 7 Community Highway Improvement Plan report to Brown County commissioners Tuesday. The highway department plans to build a $2.2 million, single-lane roundabout at the CR 5 (Fort Road) and ...

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 ...

SLEEPY EYE — Summerfest 2025 featured a good-sized classic car, truck and motorcycle roll-in Friday. Saturday afternoon events included a variety of music, food and kids activities at Allison Park before the Grand Parade featured 85 units Saturday night. Dozens of classic cars, trucks and ...

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Fire Department extinguished a garage fire Sunday night on South Washington Street. Firefighters dispatched at 7:31 p.m. found the garage on property owned by Joseph and Heidi Leonard at 524 Washington St. South fully engulfed in flames when they arrived. The fire was ...

NEW ULM -- The 4 Pillars Gallery hosted an opening reception for emerging Brainerd artist Eric Twait Friday in the Grand Center for Arts and Culture. Entitled “Letters to the Void,” the show is a series of abstract paintings the artist created in response to the passing of his wife Maria ...