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New Ulm

Koster thriving in the family business

NEW ULM — For New Ulm Public Schools Superintendent Sean Koster, education has been in his blood since childhood. “My whole family's in education,” he said. “My parents both worked in the school district I grew up in. My mom was a principal and secretary and my dad was a social ...

Technology makes tipping easier

NEW ULM — To tip or not to tip? That is the question for customers in New Ulm as tip screens on card readers have become widespread across the city. In New Ulm, the phenomenon can be found in restaurants such as Subway, Jimmy John’s, and Domino’s. With many food trucks using card ...

Rural nursing homes seek equal treatment

NEW ULM — Rural nursing homes battled during last year’s legislative session to get more funding out of the state legislature. The end-of-session allocation gave some relief to facilities in danger of going out of business, but didn’t address the long term inequities toward nursing homes ...

New Ulm actor feels at home in Fargo

NEW ULM — As someone who grew up in New Ulm, actor David Rysdahl felt right at home in the new season of the FX crime-drama Fargo. Rysdahl plays Wayne Lyon, a devoted and loving husband and father who is caught between his family he loves and his overbearing rich mother who doesn’t ...

NU Public Utilities safe found in Olmsted Co.

NEW ULM — The discovery of a New Ulm Public Utilties (NUPUC) safe along the side of an Olmsted County road led authorities to uncover several items had been stolen from PUC building over the long Thanksgiving weekend, including vehicles, a trailer, boat motor and numerous electronic ...

Stadheim’s the name, engineering’s his game

NEW ULM — Having worked for the city of New Ulm for seventeen years in three different capacities, Stadheim has seen and done it all. Stadheim first considered being an engineer after advice from a high school calculus teacher. It was what he chose when he first enrolled at South Dakota ...