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‘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 ticket sales to date, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is now the sixth highest grossing release of all time domestically. Globally, with $1.5 billion and counting, it ranks in eighth place. The only major new film this weekend was Universal’s “The 355,” an original spy thriller starring ...

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 COVID-19. Negative test results can be a necessity for any number of activities, from going to work to boarding an airplane or attending a sporting event. Delays in getting results — or inability to find a test kit — can mean people with very mild or no symptoms may presume they are not infected and go about ...

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 owed to the families served in 2013. Minnesota Valley Funeral Homes & Cremation Services hope to pay the families of 2013 the remaining half sometime in the next year. Minnesota Valley is a funeral co-op operating under the laws of cooperatives in Minnesota. In addition to General Manager and ...

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 ...

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 investment in communities we serve by providing the most reliable fiber-to-the-home access to Gig-speed services,” Glenn Zerbe, Nuvera’s Chief Executive Officer said. “Our homes, businesses and communities need reliable and affordable connections to school, workplaces and entertainment, as an ...

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 ...