NEW ULM — New and improved barbecued pork events take place Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Events happen at Schell’s Brewery Saturday and Turner Hall Sunday. Smokin at Schell’s, a free, new event begins at 7 a.m. Saturday with 20 barbecue ribs and chicken teams from New Ulm, ...

NEW ULM — Burger King shift lead Ashley Peterson was busy helping clean up the former Burger King restaurant at Broadway and 20th Street South Wednesday. When she wasn’t doing that, she was telling customers who drove up to the restaurant that it was no longer open for ...

NEW ULM -- Switchgear, water line, feed water pump, and backup potential transformer were all part of a list of equipment purchases authorized by the New Ulm Public Utilities Commission. Several utility projects are currently underway or in the early planning stages. The PUC needed to ...

NEW ULM — Years in the making, the Markplatz Mall sale is moving forward. Brown County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution to accept the middle Marktplatz Mall sale parcel forfeited in June 2023 for a sale price of $35,913.97 plus applicable fees and any accrued interest of ...

NEW ULM — The Brown County 2024 preliminary property tax levy increase could increase by as much as, but not greater than 7.5%. Brown County commissioners unanimously approved the levy hike Tuesday on a motion by Commissioner Tony Berg, seconded by Dave Borchert. “It was a very ...

NEW ULM — Republican legislators in Minnesota were expecting to ride a big “Red Wave” in the 2022 election to take the majority in the Minnesota House and Senate, State Rep. Paul Torkelson (R-Hanska) said Tuesday. Speaking to the New Ulm Rotary Club, Torkelson said the Red Wave turned ...