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AMPI commits focus to cheese, but is staying in NU

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 ...

NUBRIC takes a big step with tiny homes

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 ...

Windings, parts from the Sun to Saturn

NEW ULM -- Two Mars rovers, Curiosity and Perseverance. The Parker Solar Probe. Saturn. This is the world of Windings, the local manufacturing company with parts in outer space. “What I always like to talk about is we have parts spanning from the sun to Saturn,” said Jim Spoon, Lead ...

Nuvera dedicated to local service

NEW ULM -- Nuvera has come a long way from its beginnings 120 years ago as a telephone company started by a bunch of local retired farmers. “It was a new kind of technology at the time done in front of the Grand Hotel,” Nuvera President and CEO Glenn Zerbe said. “Today we deliver state ...

Sota Street Studio brings paint‑your‑own pottery to downtown New Ulm

NEW ULM — Sota Street Studio at 103 N. Minnesota St. offers a hands‑on creative outlet in the heart of downtown, where customers of all ages pick, paint and personalize bisque pottery pieces that the studio fires for a durable, food‑safe finish. Tami and Johnny Hanson opened the ...

Citizens Bank Minnesota celebrates 150 years in businesses

NEW ULM — While celebrating 150 years in business this year, Citizens Bank Minnesota continues to upgrade its central technology system that processes all transactions, accounts and customer data. The bank’s core conversion, a two-year process, will enable it to migrate to a newer ...