MANKATO – Wednesday was National Battery Day and local middle school teacher, Alyssa Marshall was fortunate to receive a year-supply of batteries from Batteries Plus in Mankato. For the last two years, Batteries Plus has hosted a nationwide contest allowing participants to nominate a teacher ...

NEW ULM – Social media program “America’s Best Restaurant” dropped into 209 Pub & Grill, Friday to sample the food and learn the restaurant’s story. “America’s Best Restaurant” is on a mission to feature the best independent restaurants in the USA. Every day, the program ...

NEW ULM — After five years in Henderson, Princefest is moving to New Ulm on Saturday, April 20. The festival, held in collaboration between the Prince Legacy Project and the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame, will feature events spread across both the hall itself and Turner Hall. The Hall of ...

NEW ULM – The opening line of T. S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” begins with the line “April is the cruelest month.” April may be the cruelest month, but it is also National Poetry Month and the Grand Center for Arts and Culture partnered with New Ulm High School creative writing ...

NEW ULM — With six new acts entering the hallowed halls of the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame (MMHF), the museum will be hosting its 33rd annual Induction Ceremony and Awards Banquet on Friday, April 19. The event will be held at the New Ulm Conference Center, with a social hour at 5 p.m., a ...

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Baseball Association (NUBA) brought its vision of honoring New Ulm’s baseball history to the New Ulm Park and Rec Commission for discussion at their work session Monday. NUBA proposed building a history center along the third base line north of the bleachers and on ...