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United Way committed to keeping Imagination Library a reality

NEW ULM – This June the nationwide literacy initiative “Imagination Library” will turn 30 years old. Imagination Library began in 1995 in Sevier County, Tennessee to increase literacy. The program was started by country singer and longtime literacy advocate Dolly Parton. Imagination ...

NU City Council passes cannabis ordinance

NEW ULM – The Cannabis zoning ordinance was approved by New Ulm City’s Council Tuesday with no resistance. During Tuesday’s meeting, the council conducted a second consideration of the cannabis zoning ordinance regulation and formally adopted the amendment. The first reading of the ...

Land sale resurrects storage until dwelling discussion

NEW ULM – A potential property sale has the New Ulm City Council once again considering the option of allowing residential dwellings inside storage facilities. Tuesday, the city council held a public hearing on the sale of city property to Land Haven Development. The 6.85 acre property being ...

Warm weather ends with early March blizzard

NEW ULM - The National Weather Service (NWS) in Chanhassen issued a blizzard warning for Brown County from 9 p.m. Tuesday to 3 p.m. Wednesday. Blizzard conditions are expected with total snow accumulations between four and seven inches and wind gusts as high as 50 mph, according to the ...

Brown Co. board approves probation shift

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday changing the county’s correctional services delivery from the county probation officer system to the community corrections act (CCA) model. In 2023, the Minnesota Legislature removed a 30,000 county population ...

Bowling for Oak Hills residents’ needs

NEW ULM — Ninety-six bowlers from as far away as the Twin Cities with a variety of experience levels participated in the 22nd Annual Oak Hills Memorial Foundation Bowling Classic at Concordia Lanes Monday. Sponsorship commitments and contributions were directed at addressing the immediate ...