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New Ulm

‘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, ...

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 ...

‘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 ...

Upside-down tradition returns

NEW ULM — A beloved and uniquely festive tradition has returned to New Ulm this holiday season. Towering 40 feet above the ground — or more accurately, hanging 40 feet toward the ground — a blue spruce was placed upside down in German Park, continuing a tradition launched last year by ...

3 Decades and many mediums

NEW ULM — Friends, family and art supporters gathered Friday evening at The Grand Center for Arts and Culture’s 4 Pillars Gallery for the closing reception of “30 Years of Painting: A Billy Thomas Retrospective,” celebrating three decades of work by New Ulm native Billy Thomas, whose ...

NUEA spruces up downtown for the holidays

NEW ULM – Members of the New Ulm Education Association (NUEA) and their families helped to decorate downtown New Ulm for the Holidays, Sunday. Members or NUEA helped the New Ulm Chamber of Commerce placed 60 live Christmas trees in planters along Minnesota Street. This year’s trees were ...