NEW ULM — New Ulm is Minnesota's 2026-27 Retail Community of the Year. The honor was awarded as new economic data shows a single downtown Oktoberfest weekend generated $417,373 in direct visitor spending. The Minnesota Retailers Association presented the statewide recognition at Retail ...
NEW ULM — The votes for the 18th Annual ArtScape People's Choice Award are in and the winner is Maggie Gray for her piece “Weeping Winter.” The prize for People's Choice is a $200 gift certificate to Blick Art Materials, an art supply store. Marketing and program director at the Grand, ...
NEW ULM - Brown County’s Board of Commissioners set a public hearing date of Nov. 17 at 9:02 a.m. to establish an interim ordinance that would put a moratorium on permitting, expanding, or establishing data centers in Brown County’s unincorporated areas. The moratorium would place a one-year block of any data centers looking to be established in Brown County. Commissioner Anton Berg said the meeting is not about whether people are in favor of data centers or not, but rather to establish documented plans for navigating any potential approaches regarding data centers in Brown ...
NEW ULM – After two years of discussion, bringing a downtown hotel to New Ulm takes a big step forward. The proposed boutique hotel project at 227 N. Minnesota Street was recently awarded $347,450 in funding from the Minnesota Department of Employment Economic Development (DEED). This ...
NEW ULM - Community members lined the blocks of Broadway near Center Street Saturday for New Ulm Indivisible’s No Kings event. This marked the fourth national No Kings protest. Unlike the others, which focused on the no kings message, the emphasis this time was on voting. “This is a ...
NEW ULM - Pups and their families gathered for an afternoon of play during Park and Recreation’s first Barkin’ in the Park event Saturday afternoon with help from Runnings and Pup’s Playland. We’re doing this to both get people to come check out the dog park and to see what people ...
