New Ulm News Archives - Page 4 of 96

January 3, 2025

CHARGES FILED IN WINDOM STABBING

A San Diego man has been charged with second-degree murder in Cottonwood County after a fatal stabbing at the Phat Pheasant Pub New Year’s Eve night. The man’s name has not been released but his license has him listed as No Name Given Happy. He has been charged with second-degree murder with intent, not premeditated, […]

January 3, 2025

FIRST BABY IN 2025 BORN THURSDAY AT NUMC

The New Ulm Medical Center has announced its first baby born in 2025. Gatsby James Vassar came into the world Thursday afternoon 5:48 pm weighing five pounds, 14 ounces and measuring 17 ½ inches. He was originally due January 20. Gatsby is the first child for Nicole Valdez and Odin Vassar of Fairfax. […]

January 3, 2025

FESTIVE FACADES WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The New Ulm Area Chamber of Commerce has announced with winners of their second-annual Festive Facades. The winners – 1st place is Bank Midwest, 2nd B & L Bar and 3rd place to Becky Bakes. Bank Midwest gets $250 in Chamber Dollars, B &L $150 and Becky Bakes $100. Seventeen businesses participated in decorating their […]

January 3, 2025

TWO ONE-MILLION WINNERS IN MINNESOTA MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE CLAIM THEIR PRIZES

It didn’t take long for the state’s two newest millionaires to claim their prizes at Minnesota Lottery headquarters. Officials say the two $1-million winners claimed their prizes Thursday and both chose to remain anonymous. The man who bought his ticket in Nowthen in Anoka County said his grandma told him to play and “she always […]

January 2, 2025

New Ulm City Manager Chris Dalton on 2024 and Looking Ahead to 2025

New Ulm City Manager Chris Dalton feels satisfied by the city’s accomplishment of completing the Comprehensive and Strategic Plans in 2024. In 2025, he hopes to see housing projects progress.

January 2, 2025

FREE RADON TEST KITS AVAILABLE

Two of five Minnesota households have dangerous levels of radon, an odorless, colorless gas that can cause lung cancer. Brown County Public Health says that over 70% of households that were tested for radon had elevated levels. Radon comes through the soil around homes and seeps through sealed cracks in basement floors and walls. If […]

January 2, 2025

SISTER IDENTIFIES WINDOM STABBING VICTIM

The man who died in a stabbing in Windom New Year’s Eve has been identified. An online fundraising campaign started by Brittany Layman identifies the victim as her brother 30-year-old Benjamin Matter. Matter and a 31-year-old man were both stabbed at the Phat Pheasant Pub in Windom around 11:45 pm Tuesday. Matter died at Windom […]

January 2, 2025

MAN DIES AFTER FALLING OFF MANKATO PARKING RAMP

Authorities are investigating after a man reportedly died when he fell off a parking ramp in downtown Mankato Wednesday. Authorities say they were called at 4:15 pm about a man who had possibly fallen off the Civic Center ramp. No other details have been released.

January 2, 2025

WOMAN SHOT, SUSPECT ARRESTED IN MANKATO SHOOTING

An 18-year-old suspect is in custody in connection to a New Year’s Eve shooting in Mankato. Blue Earth County deputies were called to the Benco Electric Parking lot on a report of broken glass and a handgun. Surveillance video shows two people shooting at each other in what is believed to be a drug deal […]

January 2, 2025

AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING RURAL NEW ULM DEATH

Authorities are investigating a death on a farm near New Ulm New Year’s Eve. Nicollet County authorities were called for the report of a missing person on a farm in Lafayette Township at 5:27 pm. Authorities learned 85-year-old John Huelskamp went outside to do some work with his cattle and had not been seen for […]