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Unused spaces

Local News

NEW ULM — Currently there is a housing shortage in New Ulm, and potential apartment space above downtown-area businesses. Data from New Ulm’s City Planning Department indicate of the 123 parcels located in New Ulm’s downtown area, only 43 have apartments available. Of the 80 parcels ...

‘Short hair, big heart’

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NEW ULM – Choosing a new hairstyle can be a difficult decision, with countless styles to choose from. For 11-year-old Carlila Schlumpberger of rural Hanska, choosing a new hairstyle was the easy part. Figuring out what to do with the hair she cut off was the real challenge. All her life ...

Police Logs

Police Logs

Brown County Sheriff’s Office • Received a theft report of a grill taken from the Milford Monument, CR 29/CR 11, Milford Township at 9:04 a.m. Thursday. The grill estimated to be worth less than $100, was reported stolen something between December and Thursday. A report was done for ...

NU Izaak Walton Chapter clean Hwy 29 ditch

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Members of the New Ulm Izaak Walton Chapter #79 cleaned over three miles of road ditch along County Highway 29 on Wednesday, May 1st. Members participating are left to right: Dale Aufderheide, Bruce Olson, Randy Newman, Deb Kaehler, Gary Sprenger, and Tom Kaehler. Not in picture is Carolyn Newman.

Comfrey Comets 4-H Club gets Helping Hands Award

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BROWN COUNTY — The Comfrey Comets 4-H club recently received a $750 Helping Hands University Extension Service community service grant to be used to purchase fabric to sew gowns for mammography patients at the Allina Health-Springfield Clinic. The Comets will team with local quilting ladies ...

The Grand celebrating five years of Cellar Press studio

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NEW ULM — The Grand is looking to celebrate five years of their unique Cellar Press studio Saturday, May 4. The Grand Founder and Volunteer Cellar Press Manager Anne Makepeace said the collection of letterpress and printmaking machines in the Cellar Press studio is unique in the Southern ...