NEW ULM - Students at River Bend Education District are turning everyday plastic waste into an opportunity for environmental impact through a school-wide recycling competition as part of the NexTrex Grassroots Program. The initiative kicked off on March 2 and will run through April 22 Earth ...
NEW ULM – The New Ulm Area Foundation (NUAF) celebrated a new endowment fund courtesy of the late Denis Warta. Before Warta’s death in November, he bequeathed $116,850 to the New Ulm Area Foundation to establish The Warta Family Fund. Denny Warta children; Diann and Dean and his ...
NEW ULM — Randy Hartten stood before a packed room at The Grand Center for Arts & Culture, recounting how an unfinished collection of his late mother’s quilt squares became a one-of-a-kind artist’s book. The project, titled “An Unfinished Project,” was initiated after Hartten ...
NEW ULM - Access to Hermann Monument will be restricted this season after a structural inspection found the interior of the monument unsafe for public use, the New Ulm Parks and Recreation Commission learned Monday. Parks and Recreation Director Joey Schugel said the annual inspection, ...
GAYLORD — A 25-year-old Gaylord woman sentenced for gross misdemeanor child neglect Dec. 18, 2025, was ordered to be held without bail in the Sibley County Jail April 8. Victoria Lavelle Noyes of Gaylord admitted to allegedly violating probation terms (by use of alcohol) at the April 8 bail hearing. According to court documents, law enforcement responded Sept. 30, 2025 to residence on First Avenue in Gibbon for a 1-year-old child who consumed alcohol. Officers found a one-year old child and a four-year old child in the residence. Clothes, diapers and a quarter-full bottle of Bacardi ...
NEW ULM – The New Ulm Economic Development Authority (EDA) agreed to provide $80,000 in funding over the next two years to New Ulm Public Schools to assist with hiring a Career Technical Education (CTE) Center Coordinator. New Ulm Public Schools (NUPS) originally opened its CTE Center at 208 N. Valley Street in 2021. The purpose of the center is to educate students who are looking to learn a trade or technical skills. The CTE Center was opened as an extension to NUP’ technical classes as well as further vocational training. However, the center is currently without a coordinator. ...
