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New Ulm welcomes new taxi service Amilla Care Transportation

NEW ULM – A new transportation service has rolled into New Ulm. Amilla Care Transportation formally joined the New Ulm Area Chamber Thursday following a ribbon cutting ceremony with the Willkommen Committee. Owner and operator of the taxi service, Elmer Rettig said he officially started ...

Flowers return to Minnesota Street

NEW ULM – Downtown New Ulm is getting more colorful as the flowers start going up on Minnesota Street. Wednesday morning, Spencer Hammer, Roberto Gonzalez and Brian Guttum hung 120 flower baskets from light posts on Minnesota Street. The flower baskets are the first wave of flowers. Thursday ...

‘The community needed it’

NEW ULM – Over a year and half after the opening of Westridge Place – New Ulm’s pod model day care – continues garner attention for its innovative solution to Minnesota’s childcare shortage. Wednesday, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar visited the Westridge to see first-hand how the new ...

Seminar teaches how to identify fraud and financial scams

NEW ULM – Hundreds of New Ulm area residents came to the seminar on fraud prevention hosted by St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Wednesday morning. The seminar included a discussion moderated by Mark Santelman with a panel of representatives from six financial institution in town, followed by a ...

New Ulm’s oldest electrical transformer to be replaced

NEW ULM – Public Utilities has begun the process of replacing a nearly 60-year-old transformer at the Center Street Substation. On Tuesday the New Ulm Public Utilities Commission (PUC) authorized an engineering services contract with PSE, Inc. for the replacement of Center Street substation ...

Grant allows for SNAP and free transportation to NU Farmers Market

NEW ULM -- The New Ulm Farmers Market is returning to downtown New Ulm this summer with greater access. Thanks to a $10,000 reimbursement grant from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture this year’s farmers market will have free transportation options, runners service and continuation of ...