NEW ULM – In 1994, Ingrid Liedman, an English teacher with New Ulm Public, spent six months teaching at the Hangzhou Foreign Language School (HFLS) in China. There she met fellow English teacher Lu Rongrong. The two have maintained a friendship for over three decades and have recently ...

NEW ULM – Business and residential traffic to Bridge Street has been rerouted through the Highway 68 entrance since early July to accommodate a full reconstruction. The reconstruction of Bridge Street started at Cottonwood Street and will continue south to Tower Road. However, since Bridge ...

NEW ULM – The New Ulm City Council agreed to pursue expanding a tax abatement for a townhouse project on North Highland Avenue on Tuesday. M & D Properties, owned by Dale Bushard and Mike Kral, is currently working on a townhouse project at 2229 N. Highland Avenue. In January, the New ...

NEW ULM – Two plats connected with housing developments were approved by the New Ulm City Council Tuesday. The final plat for the Highland Avenue Apartments and the Land Haven Development were both unanimously approved by the council. The plat approvals will enable the development of 170 ...

NEW ULM – Eli Lovig, Alayna Lovig, and Leah Lovig created their business Little Mabel’s as something fun to do for the summer. Thursdays and Saturdays New Ulm hosts a farmers market in the A to Zinnia parking lot located at 1st Street and Broadway. It’s free to attend or browse, and ...

NEW ULM – The 4 Pillars Gallery hosted an opening reception for veteran Mankato artist Brian McLaughlin Friday in The Grand Center for Arts and Culture. Entitled “Brian’s Bugs and Other Things,” the show features 32 paintings by the artist depicting landscapes and familiar cityscapes ...