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Local South Dakota State Fall 2025 Dean’s list

Comfrey Jenica Schroepfer of Comfrey, College of Nursing Fairfax William Bastian, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. Halle Bleick, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Jenna Schweiss, College of Education and Human Sciencess. Franklin Tiffany ...

League of Women Voters Empowering Voters

Precinct Caucuses are local meetings, held and run by the two major political parties in Minnesota: the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) and the Republican Party (GOP). At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 3 the public has the opportunity to meet with neighbors face-to-face, to discuss ideas and ...

NUHS One-Act Play places 2nd in subsection competition

NEW ULM -- The New Ulm High School One Act Play competed Saturday January 24 in Springfield with their 35 minute condensed version of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The group, directed by Samarah Forster, took second place in Saturday's subsection competition and advances to the ...

Miss Sleepy Eye 2026 candidates named

SLEEPY EYE — Candidates recently named for Miss Sleepy Eye 2026 are Kiara Murphy, Greta Siefkes, Hana Zeig and Alexandria Confer. Candidates will visit nursing homes Sunday, Feb. 1. The 2026 Miss Sleepy Eye Coronation begins at 7 p.m., Sunday, March 15 at the Sleepy Eye Event Center.

NUAF grant closes the curtain on theater’s old rigging system

NEW ULM – State Street Theater Company (SSTC) received a $7,500 grant from the New Ulm Area Foundation (NUAF) to support repairs to the theater’s rigging for the stage curtains. The stage curtains themselves are fine, but the rigging and pulley system that controls the curtains is in need ...

NU Garden Club to meet next Wednesday

The New Ulm Garden club will have it’s next meeting 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4 at the New Ulm Airport. The guest speaker will be John Sanford from Beleek’s Tree Service. He will discuss tree care and preventative options, as well as answer any other tree question, including questions on Ash ...