NEW ULM — Kraft Heinz Company, the third-largest food and beverage company in North America and the fifth-largest such company in the world, will celebrate 70 years in New Ulm September 20. The plant on South Bridge Street employs 400 people and produces all of Kraft Heinz’s signature ...

NEW ULM — Volunteering is a way of life for Rhonda Berberich Froehling of Hanska. “I do a little bit of everything. I work part-time and volunteer here,” she said from the former First United Methodist Church that was sold to NUMAS Haus about a year ago. NUMAS Haus, a non-profit ...

Mary Ann Christensen is a person who enjoys helping people. She is a real “people person” who loves her work. Christensen is the owner of Big Ideas USA whose mission is to inform, inspire, and connect learners from ages 13 to adult to career paths and professionals in skilled trades. Big ...

NEW ULM - Sometimes all it takes is a note from your mother with a tip on a job opportunity to bring you back home. So it was for Lorie Jewell, State Street Theater’s Executive Director, who returned to New Ulm just over a year ago to take on that position after living over 30 years in ...

NEW ULM – Char Reinhart-Kalk’s has a very full life, from making time for friends and family to having hobbies like watching romantic comedies, decorating, traveling, to listening to audio murder mystery books—she’s also active around town as owner of Holiday Haus LLC, vice-chair for ...

STARK TOWNSHIP, Brown County — A 174-acre Stark Township farm owned by brothers Joel and Randy Schroepfer is a 2024 Brown County Century Farm. The farm began 140 years ago when Franz Schroepfer bought 160 acres for $7.50 an acre after immigrating to the U.S. from Austria. Franz Schroepfer ...