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Schmiesing joins Citizens Bank Minnesota

Citizens Bank Minnesota recently announced that Brandon Schmiesing has joined the Citizens team as an agricultural and commercial lending officer. Schmiesing is a graduate of Minnesota State University-Moorhead, with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and is currently enrolled ...

New director, new brand, new development plan

NEW ULM— Local economic development is seeing new growth from the private sector under the direction of New Ulm Business Resource and Innovation Center director Paul Wessel. NUBRIC is the new name for an old idea. Wessel is the new director of the New Ulm Economic Development Center. He ...

Besemer named Tourism Person of the Year

NEW ULM — Dayle Besemer was awarded New Ulm 2022 Tourism Person of the Year in a ceremony last Tuesday evening at the Best Western Plus. The event also featured tourism leaders describing the upcoming season for plans and events. The New Ulm Convention & Visitors Bureau is a branch of the ...

Airlines cancel more than 3,500 US flights over weekend

Airlines have canceled more than 3,500 U.S. flights this weekend and delayed thousands more, citing weather in Florida and other issues. FlightAware, a website that tracks flights, noted major disruptions at several Florida airports, including in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa and Orlando, as well as Baltimore, New York and other airports around the country. JetBlue, Southwest, Alaska Airlines, Frontier, Spirit and American Airlines were most affected, according to FlightAware, with JetBlue and Spirit canceling one-third of Sunday’s scheduled flights. Local news reported storms in ...

Russia war could further escalate auto prices and shortages

DETROIT — BMW has halted production at two German factories. Mercedes is slowing work at its assembly plants. Volkswagen, warning of production stoppages, is looking for alternative sources for parts. For more than a year, the global auto industry has struggled with a disastrous shortage of computer chips and other vital parts that has shrunk production, slowed deliveries and sent prices for new and used cars soaring beyond reach for millions of consumers. Now, a new factor — Russia’s war against Ukraine — has thrown up yet another obstacle. Critically important electrical ...

Lithuania cuts off Russian gas imports, urges EU to do same

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuania says it has cut itself off entirely of gas imports from Russia, apparently becoming the first of the European Union’s 27 nations using Russian gas to break its energy dependence upon Moscow. “Seeking full energy independence from Russian gas, in response to Russia’s energy blackmail in Europe and the war in Ukraine, Lithuania has completely abandoned Russian gas,” Lithuania’s energy ministry said in a statement late Saturday, adding that the measure took effect in the beginning of April. Lithuania managed to reduce imports of Russian gas to ...