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Girl Scout gives back with tasty treats

Local News

NEW ULM — One 9-year-old New Ulm Girl Scout decided she wanted to give back to her community in a very sweet way. Josie Simonson donated 268 Girl Scout cookie boxes in total to the New Ulm Police and Fire departments, New Ulm Medical Center, NUMAS Haus, and Ivy House. She first tested the ...

Housing projects look to snag $2M in funding

Local News

NEW ULM — EBMD and Greenlaw Homes are looking to get $1 million each in workforce housing grant funding from the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA) To do so the developers behind the Marktplatz Mall and River Haven housing projects respectively needed City Council to apply on their ...

Brown Co. board OKs MnDOT agreement for intersection

Local News

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners unanimously approved an agreement with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) for the north leg of the CSAH 16/TH 14 intersection Tuesday. Action came on a motion by Commissioner Tony Berg, seconded by Scott Windschitl. With construction of a ...

Council approves architect of Strategic Plan

Local News

NEW ULM — Bolton & Menk was chosen by City Council to prepare New Ulm’s first Strategic Plan. Their contract stipulates they will not exceed $94,956 for their work on the plan. They were chosen from a crowd of eight firms who submitted proposals arguing they should be given the ...

‘Rain sets us up for a good start’ for planting

Agribusiness

NEW ULM — Brown County Corn and Soybean Board member and seed dealer Justin Remus of rural New Ulm was busy with other board members in his shop Wednesday, sorting seed corn for county corn test plots. A couple inches of rain that recently fell in the area makes him hopeful about spring ...

Nicollet County Pork Producers Offer High School Scholarship

Agribusiness

The Nicollet County Pork Producers (NCPP) is offering a $750 scholarship to a 2024 high school graduate pursuing a post-secondary education at a 2-year or 4-year school majoring in an agriculture-related field of study. Applicants must be a Nicollet County resident or their family must have a ...