New Ulm News

There was no snow and no bonfires, yet several participants claim this year's Winter Rendezvous in Fairmont was one of the best they attended.

Grace M. Warnke Jensen celebrated her 100th birthday with dozens of family members and friends Sunday at Oak Hills Living Center.

A German university student with local ties is spending much of the current school year lecturing and doing research at the University of Minnesota School of Kinesiology.

Hy-Vee and Proctor and Gamble awarded a SMART Board to River Bend Education District and an IPad to a student Friday in New Ulm.

The New Ulm Civic Center received three new logos for each ice rink this season because of donations from New Ulm businesses.

SIDEWAYS THUMB: District 88's school board approved moving to a four-day school week next year, a move that is expected to save some money, but which could also provide some educational advantages.

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NEW ULM The New Ulm Library Board discussed the 2012 OverDrive agreement for Brown County library users on Thursday at a meeting at City Hall.

NEW ULM, Minn. - Another are school district plans to shake up its calendar to save money... New Ulm Public Schools have voted to join the growing number of districts opting for shorter school weeks.

I was concerned when the referendum for the public school system didn't pass because it affects me and the rest of the community in ways besides our children.

NEW?ULM - It has been 25 years since New Ulm attorney Henry Somsen first invested in the New Ulm Area Foundation.

Brown County commissioners unanimously approved Tuesday the expansion of the Veterans Memorial on the State Street side of the Brown County Courthouse.

NEW?ULM - Pastor Warren J. Henrich, 78, of New Ulm died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at New Ulm Medical Center.

NEW ULM The New Ulm City Council approved a preliminary method for determining the special assessments for the proposed permanent levee along the Minnesota River at its Tuesday meeting at City Hall.

If the annual Quality Leadership 100 is any indication, the automotive industry is making a comeback.

A beam that newspapers from 1881 and 1927 describe as part of the gallows used in executing 38 Dakota Indians in Mankato has for decades been stored away.

Scaling back District 88's all-day, every-day kindergarten program is unlikely to save much money, Jefferson Elementary School Principal Pam Kirsch told a school board work session Monday night.

NEW ULM, Minn. - Last year the New Ulm Police Department dealt with more than 80 suicide-related calls.

Parents are outraged after nearly two dozen 5th graders at Washington Elementary School in New Ulm, Minn., were caught playing a game called "rape tag," WCCO TV reports .

NEW?ULM - Michelle Gag, of the New Ulm Women of Today, was honored with the Key Woman Award at the Winter State Convention, held Jan.