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Garment Making, Bread, Cake And Canning Projects To Exhibit ———— ALL CLUB PARADE SATURDAY NIGHT ———— Trips To State Fair Will Be Given Winners As Prizes ———— The addition of a 4 H Home Economics club achievement day to the Brown County Fair is one of this year’s features. This work is carried on under the supervision of the University Extension Service and Brown County Farm Bureau. Many Clubs Exhibit These clubs in Garment Making, Bread and Canning projects will have exhibits in the main exhibit building. About 35 girls from Leavenworth, ...

JUNIOR CLUBS TO ENTER LIVESTOCK AT COUNTY FAIR

County Club Members Show Keen Interest In Their Endeavors ———— ENTRIES INCLUDE LAMBS THIS YEAR ———— Each Year Marks Greater Increase In Number Of Enrollment ———— This year’s club display at the county fair promises to be of a high order. This year club enrollments all through Brown County have kept up in full swing and the value of work done has also kept itself on a high plane. The time to measure the achievements of the youngsters this year will again be at the county fair and visitors can again look for-ward to a large display. Lamb ...

Brown County seeks RFP for statewide affordable housing aid

Brown County has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for projects seeking support through the Statewide Affordable Housing Aid (SAHA), a statewide initiative designed to develop and preserve affordable housing, prevent housing instability, and support Minnesotans experiencing homelessness. SAHA funding, certified annually by the Minnesota Department of Revenue, provides essential resources to counties, tribal governments, and greater Minnesota communities for projects that expand and sustain affordable housing options. Brown County invites proposals that address a broad range of ...

BALLPLAYER IN ON BIG REWARD

Grover McGovern, Who Flayed First Base on New Ulm Team in 1922, Shot Westblade. ———— MURDERER IS KILLED BY MCGOVERN, COMPANIONS ———— Reward of $2,500 Offered for Capture of Man Accused of Killing Patrolmen Near Tofte. ———— Grover McGovern, who played first base on the New Ulm team in 1922, came in for his share of $2,500, reward offered for the capture of John Westblade, accused by a coroner’s jury of murdering two state highway patrolmen near Tofte, on Highway No. 1 along the north shore of Lake Superior, recently. About 100 trappers, ...

College students digging into history of the Dakotas

It was 114 years ago, on Aug. 18,1862, that the large body of Dakota Indians surrounded the settlement on the Lower Sioux Agency. Twenty citizens were slain, and the buildings, abandoned or damaged by fire, slowly crumbled into ruins. Over the past 100 years the Minnesota prairie has ...

Hans Richter: the concession king in New Ulm area Hans Richter

Hans Richter, an “institution” in the concession stand at Johnson Park in New Ulm the past nine years, says it’s the last year for him. Richter retired a few years ago from his printer’s job at Kemske Paper Company.Now when he isn’t at home whittling out some wood design, Richter ...