NEW ULM - Senior living communities across New Ulm celebrated National Assisted Living Week Sept. 13-19 under the national theme "Shining Through the Years" with themed days, grill-outs and community events. National Assisted Living Week was celebrated locally by Orchard Hill Senior Living, ...
NEW ULM – Cathedral High School moved its homecoming day celebration indoors due to rain Friday. The school was unable to hold a parade, but celebrated with an all school Mass, followed by a pep-fest in the gym followed by the Battle of the Classes. Cathedral’s homecoming game was also ...
NEW ULM — Regional blues vocalist Lisa Wenger celebrated a career milestone last weekend at the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame (MMHF), where she was recognized as the only woman among 17 nominees selected for induction in the Hall's 2026 blues class. Wenger attended a presentation last ...
New Ulm was not settled by a family in a wagon heading west. "That is the myth," historian Terry Sveine said Thursday at the Brown County Historical Society Museum Annex during the "Lunch and a Bite of History" series. "The town was settled as an organized German utopian town because ...
NEW ULM – The City of New Ulm is looking to replace over 70 lead water service lines through a Minnesota Public Facilities Authority (PFA) grant. To start the lead pipe replacement, the New Ulm City Council approved the issuance of a temporary $1 million note to PFA ahead of the grant money's arrival. Finance Director Nicole Jorgensen explained that New Ulm Public Utilities received a commitment from PFA for a grant to replace the lead service lines in the city’s water system, but it needed the $1 million note to start the project. “The grant is $1 million, but it requires that ...
SLEEPY EYE – After discussion Tuesday, Sept. 8, the Sleepy Eye City Council unanimously approved an amended settlement agreement and resolution to ordering the partial take down of a wall on Prescott Street Northwest. The wall is located on the property of Glen and Lisa Schuster property. ...
