NEW ULM – New Ulm High School inducted 2025 National Honor Society members Monday. This year 22 juniors and three seniors were inducted into the NHS to join 29 returning members. In order to qualify for NHS, a student must maintain GPA of at least 3.5 and have 30 hours of service to the ...
NEW ULM – The New Ulm City Council agreed to raise the minimum purchasing requirement for New Ulm City’s staff from $2,500 to $5,000. During Tuesday's New Ulm City Council meeting, City Finance Director Nicole Jorgensen recommended the council update the purchasing policy. In 2015, the city set the minimum purchase order requirement at $2,500. This means anything ordered by city staff at $2,500 or over this price needed a formal purchase order. Jorgensen said since 2015, inflation has increased significantly. Certain items that previously did not require a purchase order now ...
NEW ULM – The election polling locations in New Ulm will remain the same in 2026. Tuesday, the New Ulm City Council voted to designate the 2026 election polling locations for each of its four wards. The city is required by state statue to designate polling places the year before an election. New Ulm Finance Director Nicole Jorgensen informed this council no changes had been made to the polling locations. The same locations used in the 2024 would be used in 2026. The First Ward election polling site is at 700 S. Broadway in the Redeemer Lutheran Church. The Second Ward election ...
NEW ULM — Millions of viewers across Europe got a glimpse of New Ulm this fall when a feature about the city’s Oktoberfest aired on Frühstücksfernsehen, one of Germany’s most-watched morning shows. The segment, which first aired Nov. 11, highlighted New Ulm’s parade, Schell’s ...
NEW ULM – Snow returns to the New Ulm area this weekend. The National Weather Service (NWS) reported around seven inches of snow fell on New Ulm between Friday evening and Sunday. A few light flurries fell around noon Monday. NWS meteorologist Paige Veserat New Ulm will continue to see a ...
NEW ULM — Snow fell on New Ulm on Saturday as shoppers visited local retailers for Small Business Saturday, a nationwide promotion designed to encourage community shopping after Black Friday. New Ulm Area Chamber of Commerce President Sarah Warmka said even with the snow many businesses ...
