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Senior Meals

Monday Lasagna roll up w/meat sauces, green beans, hot spiced apples, dinner roll w/margarine, vanilla wafers and milk Tuesday Herb baked chicken, rice pilaf, peas & carrots, dinner roll w/margarine, chocolate pudding w/topping and milk Wednesday Smothered chopped, steak, baked potato w/sour cream, sliced carrots, applesauce cup, wheat bread w/margarine and milk Thursday Scalloped potatoes w/ham, whole kernel corn, tropical fruit cup, wheat bread w/margarine, peanut butter cookie and milk Friday Cheese egg bake, herb diced potatoes, peas & carrots, dinner roll w/margarine, ...

NU Diocese answers questions on teacher retirement benefits

NEW ULM – Over six months after it was announced that the New Ulm Diocese’s retirement and pension plans for current and former employees were facing a shortfall, employees are starting to hear answers. The New Ulm Diocese held a series of workshops to explain and answer questions on ...

A dynamic duo at interpretation

NEW ULM – Last Saturday, Minnesota Valley Lutheran (MVL) seniors Paige Berg and Elizabeth Halvorson represented their school at the State Speech Tournament by performing an abridged version of “Little Shop of Horrors.” Berg and Halvorson were competing in the Duo Interpretation speech ...

Police logs

New Ulm Police • Took a no trespassing complaint at the Minnesota Valley Action Council thrift store, 1607 S. Broadway for a 61-year-old New Ulm woman at 12:30 p.m. Thursday. She was served paperwork Friday. A report was done for documentation. • Responded to Riverbend Area Learning Center, 1315 S. Broadway regarding a male Sleepy Eye teen with a vape device at 3:01 p.m. Thursday.

Flying old MN flag could get costly

NEW ULM — Cities and counties flying the 1983 version of the Minnesota state flag could wind up paying a heavy cost for it. House File 5077, a bill authored by Minnesota Democrat Mike Freiberg, D-Golden Valley, would reduce local government aid to a county or city that uses “the incorrect ...

Community Calendar

Saturday Narcotics Anonymous, 10:30 a.m., River Valley Christian Church, 100 N. Washington St., New Ulm. Use side entrance. Open to the public. Turner Ladies Spring Bake Sale 2026, 8am-12pm, Turner Hall. Captain Willibald "Bill" Charles Bianchi Visitation and Service, 10 pm-11am National Guard Readiness Center. A military tribute ceremony will take pace at 11 a.m. prior to the procession to the cemetery. A graveside service and full military honors will follow at 12 p.m. in the Soldiers Rest Section of the NU Cemetery. A reception will follow the burial ceremony at the Readiness ...