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NEW ULM — Fast action by neighbors extinguished a Sunday afternoon house fire on North Payne Street. Steven Brown said he was outside grilling when I noticed an unusual smell in the air at about 3 p.m. “I thought it was my grill at first,” Brown said. “It was a weird smell, like burned metal. I went into my house and told my wife to call 911, then ran to the neighbor’s house. He ran with me to the (Nina Lovell’s) house,” at 626 N. Payne. “We could see black smoke. It smelled funny. She (Lovell) was outside and kept saying ‘my house, my house,” Brown said.

A view of the Hauser house at 1407 South Valley Street in New Ulm. If there’s anything that can brighten up the year of 2020 even a little bit, it’s Christmas lights. And lots of them. And there’s no better way to get in on all of the holiday lights than hopping in your vehicle and taking a drive around at night. This year there’s something that can help with that: the New Ulm Tour of Lights. New Ulm Tour of Lights has a Facebook page and utilizes Google Maps to show the addresses of all homes wanting to show off their display of lights. By visiting “New Ulm Tour of Lights” on Fac...