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Four-time world champion attends Schell’s Foosball Experience

NEW ULM — By all accounts, the first ever foosball tournament in New Ulm was a success. With hundreds of total participants and dozens of professional foosballers in attendance, the Schell’s Foosball Experience on Friday and Saturday at Schell’s Brewery was popular with the ...

Pancake feed draws crowd

More than 1,000 tickets were sold for the Fire & Brimstone II pancake feed benefiting the Courtland Fire and Rescue Department at the Courtland Community Center Saturday. Jeff Madison of Minneapolis fries bacon near the community center. The feed stems from Helping Minnesota Heroes, an ...

Finding joy in quilting

NEW ULM — Necessity and a serious car crash decades ago led Carolyn Kramer to sewing and quilting, a hobby she continues to enjoy. Kramer is the featured quilter at the New Ulm Quilt Show that continues 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Royal Oak Event Center. Growing up in the Gibbon area, ...

Ivy House fundraiser draws a crowd

NEW ULM — Several hundred people heard about the successes and needs of Ivy House at a spring fundraiser at the Best Western Plus Thursday. Ivy House offers free confidential care for children up to age 12 for up to 72 hours at a time. Parents may participate in a family advocate program. A ...

‘Comedy is not easy’

NEW ULM — What happens when a writer's characters get sick of his writing? That is the big question during the play “Who Dunit and to Whom?” which is the latest production from the State Street Theater Company. The play takes on a classic who dunit tale with a unique ...

Eclipse to darken New Ulm

NEW ULM – The official sunset for Monday, April 8 is 7:54 p.m., however thanks to a solar eclipse the New Ulm area will get a taste of darkness in the early afternoon. A full solar eclipse will occur Monday and will be visible across a large portion of North America. A full eclipse occurs ...