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Trampled by Turtles sells out State Street theater

NEW ULM — The Music is Grand concert gathered a sold-out crowd in New Ulm on Saturday night. The annual benefit concert for the Grand Center for Arts and Culture featured Trampled by Turtles with opener The Cactus Blossoms. The show was held at State Street Theater, 1 N. State St. Music ...

NEW ULM – A 45-year-old Sleepy Eye woman pleaded guilty to a single charge of forgery with the intent to defraud in Brown County District Court Friday. Bethany Lynnae Braulick faced three theft charges and two forgery charges tied to the alleged theft of $16,401.99 from employers at Gallery 512 in New Ulm over 16 months, as well as the deletion or alteration of business records. A jury trial was scheduled to begin on Monday, but on Friday Braulick entered an Alford plea for a single charge of forgery. An Alford plea allows a defendant to plead guilty while still maintaining their ...

Eye-turning exhibit

NEW ULM - Turner Hall is displaying their first ever exhibit in the Founders Room for the month of October. Sustainability is the focus of Turner Hall’s international photography exhibit, which made its way to the town through grant opportunities. More than twenty frames featuring photos ...

Kissner sworn in as Student Board Member

NEW ULM - Tanner Kissner was sworn in as the Student School Board Member during Thursday’s board meeting. As the Student School Board Member, Kissner is responsible for assisting the board with assessing student achievement and making adjustments that will benefit all members of the ...

St. Mary’s springs to new wrestling cooperative

NEW ULM - Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s wrestling will no longer be part of the cooperative sponsorship with area schools following Thursday’s school board meeting. Prior to the departure, St. Mary’s High School was part of joint wrestling with New Ulm High School, New Ulm Cathedral High School, GFW, and Sleepy Eye Public Schools. Superintendent Sean Koster said that the board has done several dissolutions of cooperative agreements in the past, but they had all been done due to lack of participation. St. Mary’s High School opted to start a cooperative with Springfield High School. ...

Getting into the Halloween spirit

NEW ULM — Skeletons scaling homes and creatures creeping across lawns are a few frightful sights that come alive around Halloween time in New Ulm neighborhoods. For Kaitlin Houlihan and her scaling skeletons, the tradition started in 2024, a year after she moved to town. “Halloween is ...