NEW ULM - Local and area high schools generally report higher graduation rates than the average for schools statewide, 2014 data released by the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) Tuesday shows.New Ulm High School had a graduation rate of 94.63 percent in 2014, compared to 81.2 percent ...
Free food for seniorsavailable in New UlmNEW ULM - Second Harvest Heartland has a distribution location for the Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS) in New Ulm.NAPS provides a 30 to 35 pound box of wholesome food - low in salt and sugar content - that may include canned fruits, and ...
Community Ed schedules tripNEW ULM - New Ulm Community Education has scheduled a trip to the Plymouth Playhouse for "Late Night Catechism" on Saturday, April 18.This play will take the audience back to their youth. Sister Mary Ignatious has been asked to teach the adult Catechism class. Naughty ...
NEW ULM - Even though Moliere's "Tartuffe" has long entered most educated people's pool of cultural knowledge, many enjoy seeing it again and again; perhaps enjoying the familiar themes, perhaps looking for that special spark that makes each show different.To such audiences' delight, the MLC ...
If a trip to some warm tropical paradise is not in your plans this winter, fear not. Let Hy-Vee bring the tropics to you with our abundance of tropical fruits this month. Tropical fruits will help you meet your daily fruit intake while providing you with nutrients like vitamin C, vitamin A, ...
NEW ULM - Lucille Catherine Rademacher, 76, of New Ulm, died Monday, February 9, 2015 at the Lutheran Home in Belle Plaine.Mass of Christian burial will be 11 a.m., Monday, February 16 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in New Ulm with Father Germain Rademacher celebrating the Mass. Burial will ...
NEW ULM - The Energy Awareness Commission (EAC) received an update on the Integrated Resource Plan at its Tuesday meeting.Energy Services Representative William Swanson explained that New Ulm Public Utilities receives a large portion of power from Heartland Consumer Power District. Within that ...
GAYLORD - Erwin Kramer, age 86, of Gaylord passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at his home in Sibley County.Memorial Services will be Monday, February 9, 2015, 11:00 A.M. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Gaylord with Pastor Glen Bickford officiating. Interment will be in the church ...
NEW ULM - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently announced local fire departments receiving $372,700 in matching Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants this year.Rural fire departments must use the grant money for fire protection and comply with existing state and county rural ...
NEW?ULM - Randy Sukut, 59, of New Ulm, died Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at his home.Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Saturday, February 7, at Christ the King Lutheran Church in New Ulm with Pastor Greg Warner officiating. Burial will follow in the Fort Ridgley Cemetery in Ridgley Township, ...
ST. PAUL (formerly of New Ulm) - Tracy Earle Doble, 60, of St. Paul (formerly of New Ulm) died unexpectedly Thursday, January 29, 2015 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul.Memorial service will be 1 p.m. on Thursday, February 5 at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home, NORTH CHAPEL in New Ulm.Visitation ...
HANSKA - Virgil B. Schmiesing, 93, of Hanska, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 at the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm.Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Nora Unitarian-Universalist Church in Hanska with Reverend Lisa Doege officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Pisqua ...
MLC Organ ConcertNEW ULM - MLC students Cassie Schwark, Lena Petermann, and Alyssa Stuebs present a joint organ recital featuring music of Bach, Mendelssohn, Reger, and Widor, on Saturday, Jan. 31, at 1:00 in the Chapel of the Christ. The recital is free and open to the public.Bob the ...
Arlan Milford Berg, 68, of New Ulm, died unexpectedly Sunday, January 25, 2015, at the New Ulm Medical Center in New Ulm.Funeral service will be 2 p.m., Saturday, January 31, at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm with Pastor Donald Sutton officiating. Burial will follow in the ...
NEW ULM - Ivan and Janine Enter of rural Nicollet graciously accepted the Service to Agriculture Award at the New Ulm Farm-City Hub Club Awards Banquet on Monday at the New Ulm Country Club.Jim Bartels, KNUJ Radio general manager, said "faith, church and family were always a big deal to this ...
From Gail Gilman-WaldnerFamily Life Consultant, M.Ed., C.F.C.S. and Professor Emeritus, University of MinnesotaAccording to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine and sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, an elderly person's hospitalization can affect the healthy ...
New Ulm Area Catholic Schools (NUACS) is celebrating Catholic Schools Week (CSW) Jan. 25 through Jan. 31. The theme for the National Catholic Schools Week 2015 is "Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service." The theme encompasses several concepts that are at the heart of a ...
WINTHROP - Dr. George Duane O'Neill DVM, 76, of Winthrop, died Monday, January 19, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Society in Winthrop.Funeral service will be 11 a.m, on Friday, January 23, at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Winthrop with Pastor Paul Tessmer officiating. Burial will follow in ...
SPRINGFIELD - Scot (Adeline) Coyour, 92, of Springfield, (formally of Trimont and Fairmont, MN), died peacefully Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield.Visitation will be on Saturday, January 17, 2015 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd at ...
NEW ULM - William "Bill" Dean Moede, age 72, of New Ulm passed on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm.Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Saturday, January 17, at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home, North Chapel in New Ulm with Pastor Phil Schenck will officiate. ...