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NU Area Foundation to award $47,179 in grants

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NEW ULM - New Ulm Area Foundation (NUAF) announced $47,179 worth of grants for the 2025 spring cycle. The following grants were made possible from the Dr. James & Jane Seifert Fund: · $2,500 to State Street Theater for Summer Drama Camps. · $4,235 to New Ulm Area Catholic Schools for ...

Educate Tanzania, Inc. holding informational meeting

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NEW ULM - Educate Tanzania, Inc. (ETI) invites the public to join them 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24 from at Schell’s Brewery Taproom in New Ulm to learn more about ETI and their local support group, Farmers for FURSA. ETI is a Minnesota non-profit organization that has its roots in ...

K-9 unit granted early retirement

Local News

NEW ULM – The New Ulm Police Department is granting an early retirement to one of its canine units, Dino. Tuesday, the New Ulm City Council granted a request from Police Chief David Borchert to authorize the retirement of canine Dino and transfer ownership of him to handler Erik Byro. Dino ...

‘Starting her second century’

Local News

NEW ULM — On Thursday, Adeline Wiltscheck and her close-knit friends visited Pizza Ranch to celebrate her birthday. Wiltscheck’s birthday is actually on Friday, April 18, but her friend group has the tradition of hosting a tea party get-together on Thursday and decided to change it into an ...

No injuries in train and semi crash near Lake Crystal

Local News

LAKE CRYSTAL – A Union Pacific train collided with a semi-trailer Wednesday afternoon in rural Lake Crystal. The accident occurred at 2:13 p.m. at 200th Street and Highway 60. The train was traveling west when it struck the semi driven by Jerry Lee Budeau, 59, of Bismark, North Dakota. ...

Conditions good for planting, farmers say

Agribusiness

NEW ULM — Its just the middle of April, but Spring planting season has begun for many farmers in and around Brown County. Sleepy Eye farmer Mark Portner was busy planting south of Sleepy Eye Wednesday under sunshine that warmed the temperature reached 70 degrees. “The dust is flying, but ...