NEW ULM — Community Thanksgiving dinners are planned in New Ulm, Sleepy Eye, Winthrop and Mankato Thursday. New Ulm The 37th Annual New Ulm Community Friends Thanksgiving Dinner is set for 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the lower level of St. Mary’s Church, 417 S. Minnesota St. The ...

NEW ULM — A beloved and uniquely festive tradition has returned to New Ulm this holiday season. Towering 40 feet above the ground — or more accurately, hanging 40 feet toward the ground — a blue spruce was placed upside down in German Park, continuing a tradition launched last year by ...

NEW ULM — Friends, family and art supporters gathered Friday evening at The Grand Center for Arts and Culture’s 4 Pillars Gallery for the closing reception of “30 Years of Painting: A Billy Thomas Retrospective,” celebrating three decades of work by New Ulm native Billy Thomas, whose ...

NEW ULM – Members of the New Ulm Education Association (NUEA) and their families helped to decorate downtown New Ulm for the Holidays, Sunday. Members or NUEA helped the New Ulm Chamber of Commerce placed 60 live Christmas trees in planters along Minnesota Street. This year’s trees were ...

NEW ULM — Fall concert-goers got a taste of German and American standards, folk and some rock tunes from New Ulm’s ambassadors of good will, The Concord Singers at the State Street Theater Saturday. The two-hour, two-set performance included two new members performing for the first time ...

NEW ULM — Thanks to the benevolence of local farmers and lots of volunteers, New Ulm Community Friends Thanksgiving Dinner Co-Chairman Les Schultz said he feels as good as ever about the event this year. “It’s wonderful. This is the first year my volunteer list is almost full several ...