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New Ulm

Cathedral’s king and queen

New Ulm - Cathedral High School kicked off homecoming with a parade on Friday. The parade traveled from the high school, along 6 N. St., between the high school and St. Anthony Elementary, then traversed downtown Minnesota St. The parade was led by the Greyhound marching band, followed by ...

A special ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the new community collage on Center Street, Thursday. Members of the Downtown Action Team, The Willkommen Committee of the New Ulm Chamber, Mayor Kathleen Backer and collage photographer Josh Madson took part in the ribbon cutting. Along the ribbon L to R: Callie Thorson, Karen Traulich, Kathy Van Roekel, Mayor Kathleen Backer, and photographer Josh Madson were at ribbon cutting at downtown collage.

‘Look at all the different faces’

NEW ULM — A ribbon cutting was held Thursday for a 30’ by 10’ collage featuring hundreds of New Ulm faces installed on the exterior of the Thimble Box building. Many of the New Ulm residents whose faces graced the collage were on hand to witness the ceremony, along with the Downtown ...

Flooding preparedness stressed in seminar

NEW ULM — A New Ulm Emergency Management System seminar was held on Thursday at the CAST Senior Center, hosted by New Ulm’s Chief of Police Dave Borchert. The seminar covered everything from flooding to the consequences of global warming to domestic terrorism. Borchert gave members of the ...

Candidates find common ground on education issues

NEW ULM — City Hall was packed Thursday evening for the League of Women Voter (LWV) District 88 school board candidate forum. Four of the five candidates, Jonathan Schiro, Matt Ringhofer, Christie Dewanz and Sarah Leslie participated in the forum. The fifth candidate Paula Humbard was unable ...

New tenants coming to Lamplighter

A new winery will open in the former Lamplighter Bar and Grill building after it was unanimously approved by the city council. The former Lamplighter building experienced a major fire in September 2022, and suffered smoke damage. New Ulm City planner John Knisley addressed the council, ...

Brown County burning restrictions issued

BROWN COUNTY — The Brown County Sheriff’s Office and fire chiefs issued burning restrictions for all of Brown County effective 8 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2 until further notice. No open burning of CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) land and/or ditches or brush piles is permitted. The ...