League of Women Voters to host ‘Meet Your Local Elected Officials’ series

February 7, 2026

NEW ULM – The League of Women Voters (LWV) of New Ulm invites the public to meet their local school board members, Monday, Feb. 9. Earlier this year the LWV began a three part series, “Meet Your Local Elected Officials.” The first session featured New Ulm’s Mayor and City Council. The event was broadcasted live on NUCAT and recorded for future airing on the community access channel, KNUJ and YouTube. The second session will highlight the Independent School District (ISD) 88 School Board. The program will be held from 7-8 p.m. Monday, February 9, in the City Hall Council ...

NU Film Society plays the long con with a screening of ‘Catch Me If You Can’

February 7, 2026

NEW ULM – The New Ulm Film Society’s film series on the movies of Steven Spielberg takes on a fun cat and mouse story with a screening of “Catch Me If You Can.” The screening is 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10 at the New Ulm Public Library. “Catch Me If You Can” was released in 2002 and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. DiCaprio plays Frank Abagnale Jr., one of the most successful con artists and check forgers in history and Hanks plays the FBI agent tasked with catching him. The film jumps back and forth through time, showing different parts of Abagnale’s life, ...

Chamber welcomes new Martin Luther College marketing and communication director

February 5, 2026

NEW ULM -- The Willkommen Committee of the New Ulm Area Chamber recently visited Martin Luther College to welcome Greta Fennell, the college’s new Director of Marketing and Communications. Fennell is about one month into the role, which is a new position for MLC, and she is excited she to ...

Fall 2025 College-University Honors

February 5, 2026

Alexandria Technical & Community College Dean’s List Comfrey, MN Cindy Jensen Alexis Romsdahl Grace Winterfeldt Courtland, MN Alec Brennan Joseph Schugel Hanska, MN Adyson Tweit Morgan, MN Benjamin Rossow New Ulm, MN Karson Hoffman Olivia Macho Kevin Stadick Devan Stueber North Dakota State University Dean’s list New Ulm Eli Dorschner, Horticulture & Urban Agricultu Karlee Stocker, Veterinary Technology Owen Michale Pyan, Strategic Communication Will Marti, Ag & Biosystems Engineering Maddie Gilles, Radiologic Sciences Adasyn Fairbairn, Nursing Sleepy ...

Fall 2025 College-University Honors

February 4, 2026

Buena Vista University Dean’s list Joshua Giefer of Courtland Dominick Kamrath of New Ulm Crookston Dean’s list Renae Juni of New Ulm Hailey Rose of New Ulm Sophie J Gustafson of Sleepy Eye Milwaukee School of Engineering Dean's List. Ruth Dobberpuhl of New Ulm, Mechanical Engineering B.S. Drew Witte of New Ulm, Nursing B.S. Minnesota State Community and Technical College Justin Messner of Gibbon, Construction Management-A.A.S., President's List  Alexia Ibberson of Sleepy Eye, Human Resources-A.A.S., Dean's List Minnesota State College Southeast President’s ...

Local South Dakota State Fall 2025 Dean’s list

February 3, 2026

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 Robertson of Franklin, College of Education and Human Sciencess. Gibbon Abigail Willegal, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. Jessica Willegal, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. Hanska Taryn Helling, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental ...