NEW ULM — Melanie Lohman, a licensed esthetician, joined the In Style Salon and Spa team on Feb. 1. Her services include signature facials, teen facials, back facials, body waxing, lash lifts/tints, and lash extensions. She is excited to offer the following product line(s) Image Skincare, ...
FRANKFURT, Germany — Fears are rising about what would happen to Europe’s energy supply if Russia were to invade Ukraine and then shut off natural gas exports in retaliation for U.S. and European sanctions. The tensions show the risk of Europe’s reliance on Russia for energy, which supplies about a third of the continent’s natural gas. And Europe’s stockpile is already low. While the U.S. has pledged to help by boosting exports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, there’s only so much it can produce at once. It leaves Europe in a potential crisis, with its gas already sapped ...
SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. — The thousands of people paid to plant corn, pick apples and milk cows in New York often work long days, six days a week — and earn overtime only after 60 hours of labor. New York took a big step Friday toward lowering that threshold when a state board voted to recommend that a 40-hour overtime rule for farm workers be phased in over the next 10 years. If the recommendation is approved by the state labor commissioner, New York would join California and Washington state in phasing in an overtime threshold common in other industries. The vote by the ...
NEW ULM — The New Ulm Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual Mingle With A Purpose, an evening for networking and development for women on Thursday, Feb 17 at the New Ulm Conference Center at the Best Western Plus at 6:30 p.m. Come mingle with a purpose and “Never Give Up—The Survivor Way.” As an extra incentive to purchase tickets, the Chamber will give away leather bags donated by Beacon beginning at 8 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 31. To take part in this promotion, you must purchase a minimum of 4 tickets at the regular cost of $25. Each ticket purchased gets a free leather ...
BEIJING (AP) — Manufacturing activity in the world’s second largest economy grew at a slower pace in January compared to the previous month, according to an official government measure, as the country’s strict “zero-tolerance” COVID-19 measures put a dampener on economic activity. The purchasing manager’s index, tracked by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, slipped to 50.1 from 50.3 in December, continuing a third month of weak growth. A separate PMI by the business magazine Caixin showed on Sunday that manufacturing activity fell even further, contracting from 50.9 ...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — After Cecilia Rios Murrieta stopped drinking alcohol, she still wanted to participate in the social ritual of drinking — being able to have a beverage that made her feel excited. So she created Joie Avec Sans, better known as JAS, an alcohol-free beverage brand. Pre-orders of its Paloma Libre cocktail just launched. “I really think that this is a category of drinks that has been missing from our lives,” Murrieta said. “I think it has a lot to do with misconceptions of sobriety, and when we see someone who doesn’t drink we think they’re boring, and ...
