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Residential housing projects on the rise

Local News

NEW ULM – New residential housing developments are on the rise across New Ulm, with several projects either scheduled to begin or be completed in 2026. The Kuepers Apartment project at 901 N. Highland Avenue was the first to begin construction in late September of 2025. The entire project ...

New Ulm’s jobless rate lower than region, state averages

Local News

NEW ULM — New Ulm’s latest unemployment rate is under regional and state averages. The city’s 3.3 percent local unemployment rate is slightly lower than the Region 9 average. It is more than one-half percent under the state average of 3.9 percent in November, according to the most recent ...

Blue(s) music ‘evolving and interesting’

Local News

NEW WULM — Musician Tristan Blue has been performing in southern Minnesota for more than a decade.  He lives in Lafayette with his wife and two young children and is a regular Thursday night performer at Benny’s Bar in New Ulm, located in the NU Franklin Building, 126 North Minnesota ...

Police Logs

Police Logs

Minnesota State Patrol • Responded to a two-vehicle crash non-life threatening injuries at 7:44 a.m. Friday in snowy/icy conditions on Highway 14, Courtland Township, Nicollet County. A 2002 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Naomi Justice Hatfield, 30, New Ulm, was eastbound on Highway 14 when ...

Police logs

Police Logs

Minnesota State Patrol • Responded to a two-vehicle crash non-life threatening injuries at 7:44 a.m. Friday in snowy/icy conditions on Highway 14, Courtland Township, Nicollet County. A 2002 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Naomi Justice Hatfield, 30, New Ulm, was eastbound on Highway 14 when ...

Court proceedings

Court News and Tickets

Sibley County Court • Adjudication was stayed for Jose Luis Acevedo, 64, Gaylord, for financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult Jan. 15. He was placed on up to five years supervised probation with conditions that he pay $43,257.10 in restitution, complete a gambling assessment within 60 ...