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Battle of the Books returns to NUMS

NEW ULM - New Ulm Middle School held the 6th Annual “Battle of the Books” this week with 25 students participating in teams of two of three. The teams were tasked with answering questions about 12 books assigned to the students earlier in the school years. This year’s books were “The ...

Heine Law, 30 years experience in family law

Heine Law, PA is a law firm in New Ulm which provides family law services by lawyer, Linda Heine and Legal Assistant Callie Thorson. Heine graduated from law school in 1991 and began practicing family law in Albert Lea. In 1995 she moved her practice to New Ulm when she took an associate ...

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLISH (January 24, 31, 2025) STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF BROWN FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION Court File No. 08-PR-25-26 Estate of CHARLES CLARENCE HANSEN a/k/a CHARLES C. HANSEN,JR.a/k/a CHARLES C. HAN- SEN, Decedent Feb. 27, 2025 NOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR PRO- BATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS It is Ordered and No- tice is given that on Feb. 27, 2025 at 9:15 a.m. a hearing will be held in this Court by Zoom, Brown County District Court, ...

Eagles boys have tough time with 10th-ranked Tigers

NEW ULM — How dominant were the No. 10-ranked Marshall Tigers in their Big South Conference boys basketball game Thursday night at New Ulm High School? Marshall scored more points in the first half than New Ulm did in the game. The Tigers jumped out to a 52-21 lead at halftime and went ...

GETTING TO KNOW Cadence Okerman

GETTING TO KNOW Cadence Okerman Sleepy Eye H.S., Sr. Okerman helped lead her Sleepy Eye Indians girls basketball team to back-to-back wins this past Friday and Saturday as the Indians defeated Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther on Friday and Nicollet on Saturday. Okerman had 12 ...

Inheritance dilemma: fairness vs. feelings

Dear Annie: I will be inheriting a modest sum of money and want to gift some of it to my two married children. I also want to gift some money to my daughter’s two young children to be used for future educational needs. My son and his wife don’t have children and will likely not have any in the future. They lost beautiful twins born prematurely many years ago. I want to be fair and compassionate with the distribution of money. If I gift the same amount to my two children and a smaller amount to our two grandchildren, do you think my son will feel the distribution is unfair? I ...