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 ...

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 ...

ELLIOTT, Iowa — A coalition of California restaurants and grocery stores has filed a lawsuit to block implementation of a new farm animal welfare law, adding to uncertainty about whether bacon and other fresh pork products will be much more expensive or in short supply in the state when the ...

NEW YORK — Inflation is painfully high, but this hopefully is close to as bad as it gets. Consumer prices rose 6.8% for the 12 months ending in November, a 39-year high. Many economists expect inflation to remain near this level a few more months but to then moderate through 2022 for a ...

Submitted photo The New Ulm Public Library has a new Programming and Technology Director, LeRoy Harris. Harris has most recently moved from Arizona but grew up in Wisconsin. He says the library is recognized as the place for digital literacy and has a popular computer class with a lot of one ...

CARLSBAD, N.M. — New Mexico’s multibillion-dollar outdoor recreation industry struggled in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic but was already recovering, officials said, as businesses reopened and visitation surged. A study from the Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked New Mexico as 27th in ...