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The Oaks at Garden Terrace to open spring 2027

NEW ULM — Oak Hills Living Center is preparing to fill a long-standing gap in local senior housing with The Oaks at Garden Terrace, a new senior independent living community focused on wellness, community and independence. Candas Schouvieller, administrator and CEO at Oak Hills Living ...

Spikin’ in the Street 2026 starts Friday

NEW ULM – As of Friday morning, Minnesota Street from 2nd North to Center Street will be impassible to traffic thanks to 1,300 tons of sand. This is all part of the preparation work for the fourth annual Spikin’ in the Street sand volleyball tournament. The volleyball tournament ...

‘Creating a better place to live’

NEW ULM - Life Scout Zachary Oswald and his assembled crew spent two days working on relandscaping behind the Kielsing House for Oswald’s Eagle project.  “I kind of wanted to do something a little different than other kids in my group,” Oswald said. “You always hear of people making ...

Rock, Roll, and Ink

NEW ULM — Poster artist George Ostroushko shared original artwork and historical accounts from the 1969–1970 Minneapolis Labor Temple rock concerts during a Saturday morning presentation at the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame.  Ostroushko brought original concert posters, second editions, ...

Growing the Ivy House model of day care

NEW ULM – For nine years, Ivy House has served the New Ulm area as a 24/7 crisis nursery, providing childcare for children 0-10 years of age for up to 72 hours. Since Ivy House was founded, the need for emergency childcare has increased in the community. In June, Ivy House received 142 ...

Adapting with the times

NEW ULM – For the last 22 years, Greg Omori has worked in New Ulm Medical Center’s (NUMC) Outpatient Mental Health Department as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW). Just under two weeks ago, Omori officially retired, but not before giving one final interview to The ...