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New Ulm

Highlighting personalities of Brown County’s past

NEW ULM -- The Brown County Historical Society held its annual walking tour of the Pioneer section at the New Ulm Cemetery Sunday, concluding the 2025 U.S.-Dakota War Commemoration week. Led by Darla Gebhard, research librarian at the Historical Society, the tour highlighted historical ...

Dakota War Trials re-imagined

NEW ULM -- As part of history week, the New Ulm Library partnered with the Brown County Historical Society to bring award-winning historian and author John Haymond to share his unique perspective on the military tribunal that features so prominently in the local Minnesota psyche. Dr. Haymond ...

School district tour highlights small infrastructure updates

NEW ULM – New Ulm Public School superintendent Sean Koster led members of the school board on a tour of the District 88 building Thursday before the start of the new school year. Koster said the school buildings saw a lot of small updates and improvements over the summer, but no major ...

New Ulm goes 38 years without a homicide

NEW ULM — The last murder that took place in the city was nearly four decades ago. “It occurred in August of 1987 and involved a situation where a young guy named John Tenneson, now known as John Miller murdered his boss at Jake’s Pizza,” said New Ulm Police Chief David ...

MLC president Gurgel shepherding the next generation

NEW ULM – For six years, Richard Gurgel has served as president of Martin Luther College (MLC) and going into the 2025-2026 school year, he is more excited than ever to serve as the shepherd for the students and faculty. “The real excitement for this fall is that there will be around 200 ...

MLC students return to New Ulm

NEW ULM – The Martin Luther College (MLC) campus is filling up with students again with the fall semester starting Monday, Aug. 25. The first round of MLC students arrived last weekend. The first students to return were the student-athletes. The foot ball team arrived last Friday, soccer and ...