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Opinion

NU Film Society to screen WWII film ‘The Thin Red Line’

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NEW ULM – The New Ulm Film Society will hold strong with a screening of “The Thin Red Line.” The screening starts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 8 at the New Ulm Library and is the final film in the America at War series. “The Thin Red Line” is a 1998 film based on a 1962 film by James ...

The consequences of lack of empathy

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This might be the best time of the year. Believe me when I say I’d like to write about spring or planting or baseball. Then I saw a picture. There was Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Secretary, standing in front of a prison in El Salvador. Behind her, behind bars, were a few dozen men, ...

Local resident seeks election to Brown County REA board of directors

Letters

To the editor: As a lifelong resident of Leavenworth Township, I was raised on our family farm southwest of Sleepy Eye, where I learned the value of hard work, community, and commitment — values I carry with me today. I farm alongside my father on our family farm and am a partner in our ...

Dealing with cutting, self-harm

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Patients that psychologists frequently encounter are people who are cutting themselves. Cutting is a form of self-mutilation. Cutting is not the only form of self-mutilation that people do to themselves. They may also burn themselves, pick pieces of skin out of their body, pull their hair ...

Visiting students experienced freedom

Letters

To the editor: A while ago a Fulbright appointment sent me, a local college professor, to teach debate in a very large Asian country. With no freedom of speech there, I was cautioned not to create practice-round topics requiring debaters to criticize any government policy. So I chose ...

Safe Routes to School team launches safety campaign

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New Ulm: It’s time to see people biking and walking, act safe, and be smart. The Heart of New Ulm (HONU) and the Safe Routes to School Action Team have launched a public safety campaign called “See.Safe.Smart.” The campaign will share different safety messages reminding everyone in New ...