Staff photo by Clay Schuldt Joleen Platz bags items for a customer at the farmers market, Saturday. Platz said it was successful day with many items selling out. Within the first 90 minutes of the market, most of the Platz's table was sold out. NEW ULM– The KNUJ Farmers Market came to German Street Saturday morning for the first time.

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Najwa and John Massad, with daughters Karla Njoku (center) and Meray Rahme (right), posed inside their new "Olives by Massad’s" restaurant in Mankato in 2007. MANKATO — One of the region's best-known family of restaurateurs is selling their fine-dining establishment in downtown Mankato at the end of the month.