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Area roundup: Erickson passes 1,000 career points in Cougars’ win

GIRLS BASKETBALL Cedar Mountain 86, Lester Prairie 38 MORGAN — Cedar Mountain cruised by Lester Prairie 86-38 in a Tomahawk Division girls basketball game on Friday. Kendra Erickson recorded her 1,000th career point in the game, leading the Cougars with 32 points and four rebounds. ...

Party like it’s 1999

FAIRMONT — After knocking on the door to a team state tournament berth the prior two seasons, the New Ulm Area Eagles wrestling team will finally be able to once again party like it’s 1999. With a 31-23 win over the Marshall Tigers on Saturday at Fairmont High School, the Eagles ...

EDA considers big changes to small business loan program

NEW ULM – The New Ulm Economic Development Authority (EDA) held the first in a series of work sessions to review its loan and grant programs Tuesday. The board first discussed revisions to the Commercial Property Rehab Loan program. Details on that discussion were published in the Thursday, Feb. 12 edition of The Journal. The EDA Board also discussed changes to the Small Business Loan program. The Small Business Loan program is one of the newer EDA programs. City Manager Chris Dalton said it was originally called the Limited Loan Program, but saw limited use and was changed to the ...

Nicollet girls keep it moving, take down Cathedral

NEW ULM — Despite the New Ulm Cathedral Greyhounds taking the first lead in Thursday’s Tomahawk-Valley Conference crossover girls basketball game against Nicollet, that was the only time the Raiders trailed. The Raiders went on a 15-0 run after that first Cathedral bucket and continued ...

Eagles advance to semis

NEW ULM — As New Ulm Area held a 22-5 lead in a Section 3AA prep wrestling dual with Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial Area, the Eagles’ 139 wrestler, Elijah Rieser, and 145 wrestler, Tegan Kral, had a chance to all but end the dual in the next two bouts. And in two of the most ...

Raiders race past Greyhounds

NEW ULM — Outside of an early 8-5 New Ulm Cathedral lead on a 3 from Eli Anderson, it was all Nicollet. The Raiders — who have been averaging 78 points a game — hit a new season high Thursday. The Raiders jumped to a 55-22 halftime lead as they downed the Greyhounds 91-45 in a ...