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Weihnachts Markt turns into a winter wonderland

NEW ULM – Friday afternoon, German Park was transformed into a mini-winter wonderland for New Ulm’s first-ever Weihnachts Markt — or Holiday Market. The Weihnachts Markt was held in collaboration with New Ulm’s Downtown Action Team, New Ulm Area Chamber, Heart of New Ulm and the City ...

Merry and bright

NEW ULM — The 37th Annual Parade of Lights featured more than 60 units decked out with thousands of twinkling lights, glowing, illuminated floats, carolers, finishing with Santa at the end. A large crowed of children of all ages and plenty of adults appeared to enjoy the parade that lasted ...

Community Friends Thanksgiving keeps growing

NEW ULM – St. Mary’s Church hosted the 37th New Ulm Community Friends Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday. Volunteers are still tallying up the final number of meals served, but Community Friends co-chairman Les Schultz said they had planned for 1,500 meals this year, which is a little higher ...

‘Collecting little stories about people’

NEW ULM — Vicki Pieser never set out to write a book about Brown County’s Jewish community. “I was just collecting little stories about people,” she said. Over time, those stories grew into a full manuscript, now published as Jews in Germantown: The Diaspora in Brown County, ...

‘It all needed to get done’

NEW ULM — Even a steady Tuesday morning rain couldn’t slow the holiday preparations in German Park, where volunteers, sponsors, and community groups came together to transform the grounds for a celebration that will last until the new year. Members of the Downtown Action Team, including ...

Farewell to Sister Cities intern

NEW ULM --- The New Ulm Sister Cities Commission bid Samuel Knoops a fond farewell Monday at the Kegel Klub. Knoops of Ulm, Germany, came to New Ulm in early September as part of the Sister Cities intern exchange program. In Germany, Knoops worked at Gold Oshsen Brewery. During his internship ...