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PUBLISH (April 14, 21, 28, 2026) SECTION 00 1113 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS 1.01 PROJECT IN- FORMATION A. From: RW Carlstrom Co. Inc. on behalf of the City of New Ulm (Owner). B. Project: New Ulm Trap Range Building C. Key Dates: 1. Pre-Bid Conference: Tuesday April 14, 2026, at 10:00 AM lo- cal time at project site: i. 514 21st N St, New Ulm, MN 56073 2. Cutoff date for Questions and In- terpretations: Wednes- day, April 23, 2026, at 5:00 PM. 3. Bid Due Date: Tues- day, April 28, 2026, at 2:00 PM local time. D. Method of ...

Indoor garage sale brings collectors from outside New Ulm

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NEW ULM — Shoppers lined up outside the New Ulm Civic Center before the citywide garage sale opened Saturday. “At 8 a.m., this place was packed. I come here every year,” said antique dealer Scott Gilsrud of Redwood Falls. “A guy from the Minneapolis bought $350 worth of comics after ...

‘Roper Romp’ comes to downtown NU

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NEW ULM — A wave of colorful caftans and oversized wigs swept through downtown New Ulm on Saturday as more than 35 women gathered for the city’s inaugural Mrs. Roper Romp. The themed bar crawl was organized by local residents to celebrate the life of Kristin “Sissy” Holm and to raise a ...

The 2026 class of inductees joins the MMHF

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NEW ULM – The Minnesota Music Hall of Fame saw its membership expand by seven this weekend. The Minnesota Music Hall of Fame (MMHF) held its induction ceremony on Friday at Turner Hall. The new inductees included Virgil E. C. “Swede” Wagner, the Chatfield Brass Band & Library, Cathy ...

Fort Ridgely, an outpost on the prairie

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FORT RIDGELY — Fort Ridgely, a U.S. military post built in 1953 near the southern border of the Dakota reservation and northwest of the German settlement of New Ulm, was originally designed to keep peace as colonists settled on former Dakota land. Yielding to U.S. government pressure in ...