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BEST HOTEL/MOTEL Best Western Plus

NEW ULM -- Best Western Plus secured the top honor again this year as the Reader’s Choice Best Hotel in New Ulm. Located on South Broadway near the intersection with Highway 37, the 117-room dog-friendly hotel features an indoor heated pool and hot tub, full complimentary breakfast, ...

BEST REAL ESTATE COMPANY New Ulm Real Estate

NEW ULM -- A heartfelt thank you goes out to the community from New Ulm Real Estate, recently named the Reader’s Choice Award winner for real estate services. “We are truly honored and humbled by this recognition,” said Mary Henle, Broker/Owner. “To know this award comes from the ...

Kraft Heinz approaches 70 years in NU

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 ...

Lorie Jewell Returns to New Ulm and the theater

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 ...

Mary Ann Christensen has “Big Ideas’ for the community

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 ...

Rhonda Froehling Volunteering is way of life for Froehling

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 ...