NEW ULM — A familiar voice in regional agriculture took center stage Monday as Jim Bartels was honored by the New Ulm Farm-City Hub Club with its Service to Agriculture Award, the organization’s highest recognition. Bartels, a longtime broadcaster at KNUJ and tireless advocate for youth ...
NEW ULM – About 65 people gathered Saturday evening at the intersection of Center Street and Broadway Street for a candlelight vigil honoring Alex Pretti, a Minneapolis ICU nurse fatally shot earlier that morning by a federal immigration agent during an enforcement operation. The vigil, ...
NEW ULM – The omnibus pretrial hearing for Randy Zimmerman for the first-degree murder of Justin Reinarts and Tabitha Trescott was pushed back to Monday, March 16. The hearing was delayed on request from Zimmerman’s defense team. Lead Defense Attorney Greg Handevidt informed Judge Robert Docherty that the defense had not completed discovery and requested a 30-day extension of the omnibus hearing to complete information gathering before the trial. The extension was granted and the pre-trial hearing is set to continue at 9 a.m. Monday, March 16 at the Brown County ...
NEW ULM – The New Ulm City Council agreed to submit a grant application to the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) on behalf of the redevelopment of the Marktplatz Mall site. Marktplatz Mall has been closed as a retail space since 2018 after the Herberger’s store was ...
NEW ULM — On Sunday, 18 participants gathered at the German-Bohemian Heritage Society rooms on the third floor of the Grand Center for Arts & Culture, speaking German, sharing stories, and crowning the New Ulm Sprachklub’s native speakers with festive “let’s party” crowns. The ...
NEW ULM – The City of New Ulm may see a reduction in the number of boards and commissions. During a recent city council work session, Mayor Kathleen Backer presented multiple recommendations to change or eliminate city boards. The three main recommendations were to dissolve the Safety Commission and Tree Commission and reduce membership on the Sister Cities Commission. Backer said these recommendations were made following a review process back in December. There had been a recommendation to dissolve the Energy Advisory Commission and reduce the number of members on the Library ...
