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State Patrol names Highway 14 crash victim

COURTLAND TOWNSHIP — The Minnesota State Patrol identified the driver of a one-vehicle fatal crash at 7:58 a.m. Friday in Courtland Township as Daniel Robert Edwards, 32, Mankato. Edwards was driving a 2017 Dodge Ram 1500 westbound on Highway 14 when it left the road and crashed. Edwards ...

New Ulm sees 4 cheer teams take 1st at state

The Champion Force of New Ulm cheer teams cleaned up at the state cheer competition on Saturday in St. Paul, with all four of their cheer teams taking first place. The Division 1 Twinklers, Division 2 Sparklers, Division 3 Dazzlers and Division 4 Glitz all earned top prize for New Ulm. It was ...

Tis the season for counting birds

NEW ULM — There may be 12 days of Christmas but there is only one day to the New Ulm Christmas Bird count and typically more birds are counted than a partridge in a pear tree. Sunday, over a dozen area bird enthusiasts participated in the bird count, cataloging different birds species in a ...

Cub Scout Troop 51 dives into water safety

NEW ULM –The bright fish slide, life preservers, and the smell of chlorine had area scouts ready to learn water safety skills despite the ice and cold of outside last Saturday. Local cub scouts troop 51 had an hour and a half private swim lesson with three of Vogel’s lifeguards. Water ...

Caroling for the Food Shelf

NEW ULM -- The Concord Singers led carols at Schells Brewery, Thursday during a sing-along benefit for the New Ulm Area Emergency Food Shelf. The festive family friendly event was heard mostly in the Bierhalle, but the crowd joined in with jingle bells and applause carrying the notes of the ...

Oak Street Singers have a ‘Dickens’ of a time caroling

NEW ULM -- New Ulm High School’s Oak Street Singers caroled their way through the downtown streets Friday bringing Christmas cheer to merchants and shoppers on a chilly afternoon. The carolers began at the Glockenspiel where they split into two groups that fanned out on both sides of the ...