To the editor: I love visiting relatives in New Ulm each summer. Having grown up in eastern North Dakota and attended Macalester College, I have deep roots in this state. I was glad to see you covering what is, without exaggeration, the biggest challenge in the history of humanity ...
Moving in at St. Paul’s THUMBS UP: St. Paul’s Lutheran School is starting classes a little late this year. That’s understandable, given that the school is completing an expansion project that has been going on this summer. St. Paul’s invested $6.7 million into the expansion, which ...
Budget season has been in full swing for City staff. In May of each year the departments begin work on the budget for the following year. Staff use the actual revenue and expenses from the previous year and the year to date numbers for the current year to predict their costs for the coming ...
Let us hope and pray the world is not about to witness something like what happened 30 years ago in Beijing. If it happens again, this time in Hong Kong, there will be absolutely nothing the United States or anyone else can do to stop it. During late spring and early summer in 1989, an ...
One need not be a fan of fossil fuels or of reasonably priced electricity generated by them to roll one’s eyes at Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sander’s version of the “green new deal.” Sanders has released his “climate plan.” It envisions spending $16.3 trillion in ...
To the editor: Minnesota's 1st Congressional District is home to 11 ethanol plants. As a corn farmer, I know this because ethanol is a vital domestic market for my crop as trade disputes have decimated our markets abroad. With that, I would like to thank U.S. Representative Jim Hagedorn for ...
One of the big selling points the “Vaping” industry has been pushing is that the practice of inhaling nicotine-laden mist is a safe alternative to regular smoking. Turns out, vaping may not be so harmless after all. In the past few weeks hospitals around the country are reporting ...
I first heard the way I hear a lot of things now. In a text. A group of early risers who share thoughts on baseball and local happenings are my first human contacts. “Did you hear anything about Del Monte?” I hadn’t, but within an hour the Sleepy Eye plant closing was official. It goes ...
How many times after your phone has rung have you looked at the caller ID, seen it was an in-state number, and answered — only to have a recorded voice offer you help in paying off your student loans? Or lowering or credit card interest rate? Or selling you siding or windows? Welcome to ...
Men and women who have served us in the military should not have to worry that they may be murdered if they seek treatment at a Veterans Affairs hospital. Federal authorities are investigating as many as 10 deaths at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, W.Va., it has been ...
What do you enjoy about learning about history? (Asked at the walking tour of New Ulm site from the US-Dakota War)
Some analysts were predicting this past week that the federal government’s budget deficit during the coming fiscal year will exceed $1 trillion. Horrors! Washington spending $1 trillion more than it takes in during a fiscal year? What is the nation coming to? Pardon our sarcasm. The truth ...
Every good news story is supposed to answer the 5 W’s and the H: who, what, when, where, why and how. Last week’s announcement regarding the closure of Sleepy Eye’s Del Monte packaging plant answered five of those questions, but there’s a prevailing one a lot of people have been ...
Project Lunchbox THUMBS UP: The United Way of the Brown County Area is teaming up with a few generous partners to start a new and very needed program this school year, Project Lunchbox. Project Lunchbox provides food over the weekend for students who might otherwise go hungry. It is a sad ...
To the editor: New Ulm Parks Projects: Hermann Heights hill landscape — $400,000+ Recreation Center expansion — $3,250,000 Waterpark — $4,500,000 German Park Amphitheater — $778,703.50 estimated Johnson Park upgrade — $1,375,000 Hermann Heights parking lot — ...
Welcome to the 2019-20 school year! We are excited to start another school year. It seems once fall sports practices begin, we are running full speed to prepare for the arrival of students. We do know that our parents are excited for school to begin as well. We welcome many new staff ...
The interchange portion of the Highway 14/15 Gateway project was completed on Monday, and the long, long detour for traffic coming from the other side of the river ended. That had been an ordeal for people who lived just across the river, who were used to a five-minute drive through the old ...
Each position in the Electric Production Department has different responsibilities to keep the Power Plant operating efficiently and safely. The Power Plant operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Sixteen employees are currently required to operate the Power Plant: 4 Boiler Operators, 1 ...
Beijing just blinked. True standoffs, with both sides unyielding over their differences, seldom occur. Most of the time, one side sticks to its position for a time, then signals it may be amenable to compromising in order to avoid further unpleasantness. Sometimes we say that, in such ...
To the editor: Patience is running thin on the road closures of Co. Rd. 1 and Co. Rd. 12 as well as the load limits on Co. Rd. 14. My patience is also running thin. The staff at Nicollet County are also frustrated. I would like to share some of the impediments of getting Co. Rd. 1 open as ...