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New Ulm

3.22% levy increase for New Ulm school district

NEW ULM – The New Ulm District 88 School Board is looking at a 3.22% increase to the property tax levy, or a $280,975 increase from the 2024 levy. District business manager Mathew Moline presented the information during the board’s Truth in Taxation meeting Thursday. Moline said that ...

NU population ‘getting slightly younger’

NEW ULM – In a report delivered to the District 88 School Board Thursday night, New Ulm's city manager said the city's population is holding steady at 14,137 people, which is roughly over half of Brown County's total population of 25,723. Chris Dalton provided the board with local ...

New Ulm EDA completes installation on solar panels on public housing

NEW ULM - Broadway Haus conducted its final solar panel test Monday and has officially gone live. As of Tuesday morning, all public housing units in New Ulm have active solar power units. A total of 260 solar panels were installed on the Economic Development Authority’s (EDA) public ...

Warming up pet food

Dear Heloise: I have a little kitten who followed me home when I was walking my dog. The vet said he was only about 6 or 7 weeks old, and I decided to keep him and take care of the sweet little guy. If he didn’t eat his food, I’d usually put it in the refrigerator for a while until he was ...

“God loves a good comeback story”

NEW ULM - First Choice Pregnancy Services, NUMAS Haus, and Ivy House celebrated the holidays with a special Christmas concert on Sunday featuring recording artist Mark Schultz. The concert was held at the New Ulm High School auditorium and was free. The concert was intended as a thank you to ...

Chalking it up

NEW ULM — A local artist with a wide variety of work is featured downtown at Ulm Sweet Ulm, 203 N. Minnesota St. through December 31. Kara Carlson’s art show includes New Ulm landscapes and landmark paintings, the center of Sleepy Eye and Split Rock Lighthouse on the Lake Superior’s ...