NEW ULM — The last murder that took place in the city was nearly four decades ago. “It occurred in August of 1987 and involved a situation where a young guy named John Tenneson, now known as John Miller murdered his boss at Jake’s Pizza,” said New Ulm Police Chief David ...

NEW ULM – The Martin Luther College (MLC) campus is filling up with students again with the fall semester starting Monday, Aug. 25. The first round of MLC students arrived last weekend. The first students to return were the student-athletes. The foot ball team arrived last Friday, soccer and ...

NEW ULM – For six years, Richard Gurgel has served as president of Martin Luther College (MLC) and going into the 2025-2026 school year, he is more excited than ever to serve as the shepherd for the students and faculty. “The real excitement for this fall is that there will be around 200 ...

NEW ULM – The final development agreements for two housing development projects were approved by the New Ulm City Council Tuesday. The agreements were for the Land Haven Addition located at 2211 Jacobs Street and River Haven Housing located at 1800 North Highland Avenue and 1425-1625 ...

NEW ULM – New Ulm’s trap shooting range will soon see a long overdue improvement thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Minnesota Department of National Resources (DNR). Tuesday, the New Ulm City Council accepted a Large Shooting Rang grant from Minnesota DNR that will be used to replace the ...

NEW ULM – Southern Minnesota Tooling and S&H Capital was granted a one-year compliance extension for its tax abatement. In July 2022, the New Ulm City Council established a tax abatement program for Southern Minnesota Tooling Inc. (SMT) and S&H Capital. A tax abatement allows a city ...