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2025 businesses of the year announced

NEW ULM – Voting for the 2025 businesses of the year closed at 6:30 p.m. Thursday during the New Ulm Chamber annual meeting. An hour after voting closed the winners were announced with Minnesota Valley Funeral Home receiving small business of the year and Jensen Motors winning large ...

World War II veteran passes century mark

NEW ULM — To say the least, rural Cambria native and World War II veteran Mervin “Butch” Jones has overcome many obstacles in his life. Jones celebrated his 100th birthday Feb. 17 with dozens of family, friends and Cambria American Legion Post 329 members at Woodstone Senior Living ...

The known and unknown costs of Hermann Monument

NEW ULM – The cost to deconstruct the Hermann Monument could be as high as $2 million, with another $8 - $12 million to reconstruct the monument. These figures were presented to the New Ulm City Council during Tuesday’s work session. The estimates were presented to the council to begin the ...

New Ulm seeking grants for park programming and enhancement

NEW ULM – Two grant applications were authorized by the New Ulm City Council Tuesday. The first grant was an arts and music festival grant from Prairie Lakes Arts and Cultural Heritage. The second was a grant from the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) to fund ...

NO SIGN OF CHANGE

NEW ULM - The proposed temporary sign ordinance was dropped from consideration by the New Ulm City Council, Tuesday. The council was set to approve the second consideration of the temporary sign ordinance, but decided not to move forward with it. New Ulm Council President Andrea Boettger ...

NU City Council appeals to MnDOT for Garden Street parking variance

NEW ULM – The New Ulm City Council is a requesting a variance from the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) for standards related to parking standards on North Garden Street. In 2027, the city is preparing to reconstruct a section of North Garden Street from Center Street to 5th ...