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Spielberg ‘West Side Story’ debuts weakly with $10.5M

NEW YORK — Despite critical acclaim and two years-worth of anticipation, Steven Spielberg’s lavish “West Side Story” revival made little noise at the box office, debuting with $10.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday — a worrisome result for a movie industry struggling to recapture its finger-snapping rhythm. A dazzling widescreen adaptation and Spielberg’s first musical, “West Side Story” was one of the year’s most eagerly awaited titles. With a script by Tony Kushner and Rita Moreno returning to her breakthrough film 60 years later, the ...

Willkommen Markgraf Consulting

New Ulm Chamber welcomes new member Michelle Markgraf with her new business, Markgraf Consulting. Markgraf specializes in change management and helps businesses and non-profits move forward to the next level. Knowing strengths and weaknesses is important to addressing an ever-changing ...

Willkommen Holiday Haus

New Ulm Chamber welcomes new business Holiday Haus as a member. The two beautiful properties are in the heart of New Ulm and are available to rent with VRBO. Owners Dan and Char Reinhart-Kalk are life long New Ulm residents and saw a need for short term rental/vacation properties. Char says ...

Willkommen, KC Ness

Best Western recently named KC Ness the New Sales and Catering Manager and the Wilkommen Committee came to welcome her. Ness grew up in New Ulm but had been working in Minneapolis for the past ten years. “It’s great to be home,” said Ness. Her family enjoys living close to parents and relatives. She has an extensive background in the restaurant industry and her skills made her a leading candidate when the position become available. She has been busy with re-booking events that had been postponed earlier as well as scheduling new events. The facility can accommodate groups of 230 or ...

Willkommen Country Club

The New Ulm Country Club welcome Trisha Homan as the Event Coordinator and Nikki Dittrich as Banquet Chef. Both women say they work well together and make a good team. Trisha Homan has been at the Country Club for 5 years and moved up to a leadership role. Nikki Dittrich had recently moved ...

Berning Diesel Repair receives $10k grant

NEW ULM — Berning Diesel Repair, LLC, 1218 Front St. N., New Ulm recently received a $10,000 Small Business Incentive Grant from the New Ulm Economic Development Authority. Business owner Trevor Berning said he plans to use the grant to purchase diagnostic equipment for his business that provides reliable, affordable maintenance and repair services for diesel and gasoline semi, construction equipment, pickup trucks and automobiles. “We specialize in Cummins diesel service but we’ll do service and maintenance work on other vehicles too,” Berning said. “We’re pretty ...