NEW ULM – New Year's eve was the final day of 2024 and it was the last day of work for Citizens Bank senior vice president Tim Hoscheit. After over 38 years with the bank, Hoscheit formally retired after closing out 2024. At his retirement, Hoscheit was the senior vice president and chief ...

NEW ULM – A total of 1,448 birds were counted across 38 species during New Ulm’s 2024 Christmas Bird Count (CBC). New Ulm CBC Compiler Brian Smith said these count totals were fairly typical for New Ulm, but the species count was down slightly from 43 last year. Each year, area bird ...

NEW ULM – Brown County Commissioners approved contracting with GEI Consultants to created a PFAS treatment system for county landfill. PFAS are group of long-lasting chemicals chemicals (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl)that have been linked to cancer development. Due to the wide use of ...

NEW ULM – Last week, District 88 School board member Denny Waloch made the final motion to close the Dec. 19 school board meeting. The honor of ending the last meeting of the year was given to Waloch because it was his last meeting as a board member. He had severed on the school board for 10 ...

NEW ULM – The luminaries lights at Schell’s returned for Christmas this year. Every year, Schell’s decorates the brewery grounds with luminary candles for the holiday season. Typically, the luminaries are arranged along the walking paths through the garden and near Schell’s mansion. ...

NEW ULM – For nearly 30 years, Brown County Family Services has operated an “Adopt a Family” program for Christmas to help area families by needed items and for most of that time New Ulm Regional Veterinary Center has been one of the most consistent donors. For 25 years New Ulm’s ...