NEW ULM – Going into 2026, New Ulm Business Resource Innovation Center (NUBRIC) will be taking a big step into a tiny world. NUBRIC CEO Steve Brown said in the next year its workforce housing project, known as the Tiny Homes project will be ready. The Tiny Homes project is being developed ...

NEW ULM – In the mid 1990s, Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI), the largest cheese cooperative based in the U.S. moved its headquarters to New Ulm. Thirty years later, AMPI headquarters is still in New Ulm and is committed to remaining in New Ulm for the long haul. AMPI communications ...

WINTHROP — In order to take advantage of overlapping territories and common investment needs, the boards of directors of Central Region Cooperative (CRC) of Sleepy Eye and United Farmers Cooperative (UFC) of Winthrop announced April 10 that their members approved a plan to merge the two ...

NEW ULM — A 100 percent member-owned independent grocery store opened in a new location, 3 S. Minnesota St. Graze Food Cooperative focuses on local farmers and producers to create a more sustainable, organic food economy. The store offers produce, meats, eggs, dairy products, pantry ...

NEW ULM — A proposed dry fertilizer plant expansion project got a step closer to reality at the Brown County Commissioners meeting, Nov. 18. Commissioners unanimously approved a rezoning application to rezone 19.2 acres of land from A-1 (agricultural land) to I-1 (industrial land) at ...

NEW ULM – Last year New Ulm Medical Center accomplished a three year goal of finishing its expansion to its surgical ward. The expansion cost $10 million and added an operating room, procedure room, four surgical patient rooms, expanded the sterile processing area and added storage. The ...