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St. Mary's blocked by Mayer Lutheran in consolation play

ST. PAUL – For the second day in a row, a team brought a strong and steady block to the Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s attack in the Class A State Volleyball Tournament, and it again proved to be enough to take down the Knights. One day after being upset by sixth-seeded ...

CTE Center’s 3M Future Makers Lab opens

NEW ULM – New Ulm city officials, NUPS board and faculty, 3M members and Heart of America representatives gathered for the unveiling of the CTE (Career and Technical Education) Center’s new 3M Future Makers Lab Friday morning. New Ulm was the ninth school in the nation selected for the ...

The (Not So) Invisible Empire

NEW ULM – Dr. Anita Talsma Gaul‘s exploration into the Ku Klux Klan’s presence in Southwest Minnesota began with a catchy headline in a 1924 newspaper during research for another historical project. During the Brown County Historical Society’s 96th annual meeting, Gaul, who is a professor at Minnesota West Community and Technical College, took the stage to present “The (Not So) Invisible Empire: The KKK in southwest Minnesota in the 1920s.” While doing research for a Murray County Historical Museum WWI exhibit, Gaul came across a Lake Wilson Pilot newspaper headline, “Ku ...

Police logs

New Ulm Police Department Officers stopped a vehicle for poor driving conduct on the 300 block of South Street and Broadway at 8:16 a.m. Tuesday. They found that the 79-year-old New Ulm man driving was very confused. A drivers evaluation form was sent into the Department of Public Safety.    At 12:56 a.m. Thursday police attempted to a stop a vehicle that had fled. Upon catching the 48-year-old New Ulm man in an alley on the 300 Block of North Street and Broadway, he was arrested and transported to detox. Report sent to the County Attorney for the charges of fleeing a pear ...

Turnovers, empty red zone visits hurt Rabbits at state

EYOTA — Wabasso was unable to overcome five turnovers and three empty trips to the red zone as it fell to Border West 28-6 in the opening round of the Class Nine-Player Football State Tournament on Thursday. “They’re really well-coached and they have good size and they do a lot of ...

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLISH (November 6, 13, 2026) Advertisement for Bids #5 Gas Turbine Con- trol System Replace- ment Project New Ulm, Minnesota New Ulm Public Utili- ties is hereby submit- ting notice for request for sealed bids to re- place #5 Gas Turbine control system. Unit #5 is an FT4C-1D/LF gas turbine. A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for January 5, 2027, at 1 p.m. local time at 310 1 st North Street, New Ulm, MN 56037. Sealed Bids will be re- ceived until January 12, 2027, at 11:00 a.m. Which time they will be publicly opened and ...