NEW ULM – New Ulm author Scott Sparlin presented his debut children’s book “The Legend of Jack Bunyan” Monday at the New Ulm Public Library. The event featured a reading, book signing and original music. Sparlin, a Christmas tree farmer and musician, introduced Jack Bunyan as “the ...

NEW ULM – Sunday, hundreds gathered at the Best Western Plus for afternoon tea and to support those battling cancer. The sixth annual Tea for Cancer benefit began as an annual backyard party with friends, but has since evolved into an event that benefits area cancer patients. Since August ...

New Ulm High School crowns Lauren Schmiesing and Daniel Brownfield as 2025 Homecoming Queen and King. The coronation was held Monday night to kick off a week of Homecoming themed events. The homecoming parade will be held 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26. The football game will follow at 7 p.m. at NUHS field.

NEW ULM - Marine veteran and New Ulm native Stephen Somsen spoke last week at the New Ulm Public Library, offering a firsthand account of a landmark 1980 voyage aboard Hokulea, a traditional Polynesian double-hulled canoe that sailed more than 2,300 miles from Hawaii to Tahiti using only ...

Eighty years after his death, Congressional Medal of Honor winner Captain Willibald Bianchi is coming home to New Ulm. On Friday, U.S. Secretary of War Peter Hegseth made the announcement that the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced U.S. Army Capt. Willibald C. Bianchi's remains ...

NEW ULM — The Brown County Humane Society held its annual dog walk fundraiser Saturday, reintroducing food service and expanding activities for attendees. Participants gathered at 1301 South Valley Street and chose between one- and two-mile walking routes along Valley Street and the bike ...