Tourism officials in New Ulm now admit they faked their story of finding a mysterious concrete cast footprint that they're promoting as the footprint of Herman the German, the statute of a Germanic warrior that stands guard over New Ulm.
A man who says he was sexually abused by an Irish priest in Minnesota in 1982 is suing the Diocese of New Ulm, taking advantage of a new law easing the state's statute of limitations for victims of childhood sexual abuse.
A simple mapping error caused a roofing company to tear down the siding from the wrong New Ulm home. The owner called police last week when she came home to find a crew ripping up the siding.