Michael Looft News Today

fbusch@nujournal.com Staff photo by Fritz Busch The New Ulm League of Women Voters honor retiring Brown County Auditor-Treasurer Jean Prochniak with flowers for her 40 years of service at its annual meeting at Turner Hall Tuesday. NEW ULM — The bands are coming back to New Ulm this year. New Ulm Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Michael Looft told the New Ulm League of Women Voters Tuesday that bands are being booked for 2021 Bavarian Blast and Oktoberfest events. In addition, ticket deta...

cschuldt@nujournal.com NEW ULM–The City of New Ulm recently took the number one spot on a list of most affordable small towns in the United States. The list was released by Realtor.com. The list was created using median home list prices, ownership costs, unemployment rates and crime rates to determine the most affordable. Since this was a list of small towns, Realtor.com only surveyed communities with a population under 50,000. The survey also listed one small town per state for geographic di...

Realtor.com: New Ulm most affordable small town in U.S Realtor.com: New Ulm most affordable small town in U.S By Kelsey Barchenger | April 22, 2021 at 1:10 PM CDT - Updated April 22 at 1:10 PM MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - You don’t have to go far to find the most affordable small town in the United States. A recent report from Realtor.com lists New Ulm as the most affordable small town where you would actually want to live. The ranking looked at median home list prices, ownership costs, un...

fbusch@nujournal.com NEW ULM — BoCo Real Estate and Oak Hills Living Center were named 2020 Small and Large Businesses of the Year by the New Ulm Area Chamber of Commerce on Thursday. Chamber members voted for the awards during a virtual annual chamber business meeting. Windings, Inc., and Bank Midwest were other Large Business of the Year nominations. Bailey Creek Boutique and the New Ulm Area Foundation were other Small Business of the Year nominations. “We were very honored to have been ...

fbusch@nujournal.com Staff photo by Fritz Busch Downtown traffic increases A larger number of parked vehicles were observed on Minnesota Street Monday as a number of restaurants reopened with restrictions according to Minnesota’s Stay Safe Plan. NEW ULM — A number of New Ulm restaurants reopened for dine-in business with limitations Monday as Minnesota’s Stay Safe Plan went into effect at midnight, Jan. 11. Changes included opening bars and restaurants at 50% capacity, with a maximum o...

To the editor: I have to clarify and give credit where it’s due. I was not the brainchild behind the Horse Parade Saturday evening for the Assisted Living & Nursing Home Facilities in New Ulm. The idea actual\y came from Adam Towles with Foresee Studios and Michael Looft, New Ulm Chamber of Commerce President. I was simply the messenger between them and the horse people that I know. Hopefully the residents enjoyed seeing the holiday lights and had pleasant dreams that night. Huge shout out t...