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Monday Business

‘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 ...

Nuvera announces plans to build gig-speed network

NEW ULM — This month, Nuvera Communications, inc. announced plans to build and deploy Gig-speed fiber internet across its networks, bringing the fastest speeds available for rural communities across Minnesota. “This is a transformational moment for Nuvera as we make a future-focused ...