NEW ULM – The New Ulm City Council took a closer look at policies for right-of-way closures and downtown residential parking during a Tuesday work session. During the work session, the council was presented with a draft policy for right-of-way closure requests. City Manager Chris Dalton said ...

NEW ULM – Mayor Kathleen Backer, with the assistance of students from New Ulm Area Catholic Schools (NUACS), held a special ribbon cutting ceremony for the new playground equipment at Washington Park. Flagship Recreation began installing the new equipment in mid August. The new equipment ...

NEW ULM — A water leak in downtown New Ulm forced the early closure of The Coffee Keller Wednesday, during its first day of business at a new location. The Coffee Keller, now located at 5 N. Minnesota St., closed early at 2:30 p.m. due to a planned water shutoff for emergency repairs. The ...

NEW ULM –While The Backerei & Coffee Shop in downtown New Ulm may still use original recipes that are 95 years old, their store is now completely modern thanks to recent renovations by owners Amanda and Bill Hacker. “Everything is updated. We gutted it all and started from ...

NEW ULM – The City of New Ulm is currently reviewing a preliminary budget of $28.8 million for 2026, which includes a $11.3 million preliminary property tax levy. This represents an 8.16% increase in the tax levy from last year. This is a slight decrease from the 9.79% preliminary levy ...

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners unanimously approved the purchase of a LUCAS 3 Chest Compression System for county jail use and a moving target system for the sheriff’s office Tuesday. Brown County Sheriff Jason Seidl talked about the need for a CPR chest compression machine in the ...