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A ride to promote healing

NEW ULM – In a repeat of last year, the Makatoh Reconciliation and Healing horse riders will not only travel through New Ulm on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 but will spend two nights in the community. The annual ride is intended to honor the memory of the 38 Dakota men executed in Mankato on Dec. ...

Boettger running for Minn. Senate

NEW ULM – New Ulm City Council President Andrea Boettger announced that she will be running for Minnesota Senate in District 15. Boettger has lived in New Ulm for 15 years. She is the mother of two children who attend New Ulm Schools. Boettger has served as the executive director of Turner ...

NU school board OKs $8.92 million tax levy

NEW ULM – The New Ulm School Board voted to certify the 2026 tax levy during Thursday’s board meeting. The District’s business service manager, Mathew Moline said there had been changes to the budget or levy since the Dec. 4 Truth in Taxation meeting. Board member Jonathan Schiro made the motion to approve an $8.92 million levy, which represents a 0.78% decrease from the taxes payable in 2025. The motion was approved by the board. The board also received an audit report for fiscal year 2025 from Sterling Statek with CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA). Statek said the district received a ...

Fifth year for ‘Stories for the Season’

NEW ULM — A community program that began as a creative response to pandemic isolation is celebrating its fifth year of bringing historical holiday stories to local residents through filmed readings and demonstrations on the New Ulm Public Library’s YouTube channel. “Stories for the ...

New Ulm City Council reviews three tax abatements

NEW ULM – Three separate tax abatements were reviewed by the New Ulm City Council during Tuesday’s city council meeting. The three tax abatements discussed were for the M & D Properties program at 2229 N. Highland Avenue; the SLD Properties abatement at 318-326 N. Broadway and the Garden ...

Harman Park outdoor ice rinks open early

NEW ULM – For the first time in years, the ice rinks and warming house in Harman Park will be open before Christmas. The outdoor ice rinks officially opened to the public on Monday, but Park and Recreation Director Joey Schugel said the ice was ready last week, but with the extremely cold ...