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‘We want a town hall’

NEW ULM – Over 40 individuals gathered outside of Congressman Brad Finstad’s downtown office Thursday for a group protest. Cimarron Burt, a member of the Mankato Indivisible group, organized the protests. She said a simultaneous protest was being held outside Finstad’s Rochester office ...

Mayor Backer awaits capture by Narren

NEW ULM – Friday afternoon the Narren of New Ulm will once again take control of New Ulm city government with the capture of Mayor Kathleen Backer. The capture of New Ulm Mayor is the symbolic start of the holiday. In taking captive the head of city government, the Narren of New Ulm declared ...

First phase plan for NU Wastewater treatment facility approved by PUC

NEW ULM – The New Ulm Public Utilities Commission (PUC) agreed to submit a wastewater treatment facilities plan to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) following a public hearing on the plan. The wastewater treatment facilities plan was prepared by Bolton & Menk, Inc. as the ...

DOE letter warns public schools to remove DEI policies or lose funding

NEW ULM — A Feb. 14 letter from the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights sent to public schools across the country notified them they have no more than 14 days to remove DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) policies or possibly lose federal funding. The letter signed by ...

Open house puts 2027 Garden Street on display

NEW ULM – A special open house was held at New Ulm City Hall Tuesday to show the public design concepts for the North Garden Street redesign project. The City of New Ulm is planning to reconstruct Garden Street from Center to 5th North Street during the summer of 2027. This will be the ...

A ‘family friendly’ play

MORGAN — On stage for their 36th year, members of the Morgan Community Players present “Real Talk with Fairytale Legends” Feb. 28 and March 1-2 in the Cedar Mountain High School auditorium. “This play is very family friendly, great for young and old alike. All the fun of just about ...