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Monday Business

Virus testing shortages and delays help fuel surge

LOS ANGELES — The difficulty finding coronavirus test kits in many parts of California and delays in getting results are causing increasing frustration and contributing to the surge of infections that in just two weeks more than doubled the number of people in hospitals with ...

‘Spider-Man’ stays at No. 1 in 4th weekend

The glamorous spies of “The 355” were no competition for the movie theater’s reigning webslinger. Spider-Man’s box office dominance continued in its fourth weekend in theaters, adding another $33 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday. With $668.8 million in North American ...

Minnesota Valley pays dividends

NEW ULM — Minnesota Valley Funeral Homes & Cremation Services recently paid patronage dividends to its members. Dividends of just under $75,000 went to families that had funerals in 2013, said General Manager Eric Warmka. These dividends equated to half of the total patronage dividends ...

New Director at United Way

NEW ULM — Morgan Harpenau is the new director for United Way. Morgan comes from Sioux City, Iowa where she worked at the United Way. She is from Albertville, MN and traveling to visit family she really enjoyed the community of New Ulm and when the position came available, she knew it would be ...

New Food Service Director at MLC

NEW ULM — Mike Beranek grew up on a farm eight miles outside of Wabasso. After graduating from Wabasso High School, Mike took up a few different courses of study while trying to decide what he wanted to do for a living. While attending school, he always was able to find a bar & grill in ...

Jerry Svoboda honored at CHS Annual Meeting

ST. PAUL – Jerry Svoboda has been honored by CHS Inc., the nation’s leading farmer-owned cooperative, for contributing more than 25 years of service to strengthening and growing the cooperative system. He is general manager of Farmers Cooperative of Hanska in Hanska, Minn. Svoboda was ...