New Ulm News

The New Ulm City Council authorized Tuesday the Park and Recreation Department to submit a Park Legacy grant request for funds to provide primitive camping in Minnecon Park.

The Kids X-Cel Center in New Ulm was among several area early childhood agencies to receive an IBM Young Explorer computer through a grant from the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation.

There's a revolutionary new health project taking place right here in Minnesota that's changing the pulse of an entire community.

A 10-year experiment to determine whether one community can cut or even eliminate heart attacks has shown early progress, according to Allina Hospitals & Clinics.

Parents in New Ulm today are still questioning recent actions taken by the school district there.A couple of weeks ago, misbehavior at a volleyball game resulted in the suspensions of 40 New Ulm students, and forced a half dozen senior football players to miss their final game.There was an informational meeting held in New Ulm last night to discuss ...

Misbehavior at a volleyball game resulted in the suspensions of 40 New Ulm students, and forced a half dozen senior football players to miss their final game.Now parents are pressuring the school to find out how those actions came about.News 12's Ryan Gustafson was at an informational meeting held in New Ulm earlier tonight, and joins us live in ...

A Jan. 30 wedding is planned. Schneider - George The Free Press Jennifer Lynn Schneider daughter of Doug Schneider of Oxford, Mass., and Darcy Rudell of New Ulm.

Senator Al Franken delivered his second speech on the Senate floor Tuesday on the issue of Health Care, and New Ulm figured prominently in his remarks.

A public hearing on the Parks and Recreation Department's plan to establish primitive camping areas in Riverside and Minnecon parks is a top item on the New Ulm City Council's agenda tonight.

By RoNEW ULM - After several years of $40 million-plus budgets, New Ulm Public Utilities Commissioners now are considering a trimmer 2010 budget which weighs in at about $39.5 million.

This year, District 88 is starting a new effort, called "professional learning communities" or PLCs.

In 2008 there were 455 traffic deaths on Minnesota roads which is the lowest on record since 1945 and an 11 percent drop from 510 deaths in 2007.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty spoke to a crowd of nearly 100 in New Ulm Thursday. The two-term governor and potential presidential candidate was joined by Senate Republican leader Dave Senjem , House Republican leader Kurt Zellers and Rep.

Steve Harmening's plan to build a four-story, condo-retail building on land across South Broadway from Hy-Vee got a good look from the New Ulm Planning Commission Thursday.

Bob Harper, health and motivational expert on NBC's the Biggest Loser is the keynote speaker for the Second Annual Heart of New Ulm Summit on Saturday, Nov.

MINNEAPOLIS - The parents of a southern Minnesota teenager who once fled the state to avoid chemotherapy went before a judge Monday and asked for the court's role in the case to end, saying they are following the advice of doctors and making sure their son gets the best medical care.

Builders, baby boomers, generation X-ers and millenials discussed likenesses and differences Monday at a workshop hosted by Bridging Brown County in the Sleepy Eye Community Center.

The New Ulm Police Department was informed that the entire New Ulm High School student body had been ejected from a volleyball game taking place at the New Ulm High School Thursday evening.

Lafayette farmer Clete GoblirschA's fields stretch behind him as he points to an area where the city of New Ulm proposed to put up wind turbines near his property Wednesday.

The Monument Brass Ensemble's 4th Annual Fall Concert will include a few new wrinkles on Wednesday, Oct.