BROWN COUNTY — Comfrey trapper Matt Bowman said he likes trapping beaver, but a beaver may have escaped Bowman’s efforts in Mulligan Township by taking his trap earlier this month. “It’s a challenge. I enjoy it. I grew up around it. It gets me outside with Mother Nature. I’ve trapped ...

NEW ULM — Brown County Corn and Soybean Board member and seed dealer Justin Remus of rural New Ulm was busy with other board members in his shop Wednesday, sorting seed corn for county corn test plots. A couple inches of rain that recently fell in the area makes him hopeful about spring ...

The Nicollet County Pork Producers (NCPP) is offering a $750 scholarship to a 2024 high school graduate pursuing a post-secondary education at a 2-year or 4-year school majoring in an agriculture-related field of study. Applicants must be a Nicollet County resident or their family must have a ...

SLEEPY EYE — If emissions are not reduced, the average Minnesota temperature will increase several degrees in the coming decades at the expense of grain production, according to an extension educator with the University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership. “Climate risks impact all ...

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday authorizing application for a $300,000 grant for a licensed surveyor to certify and establish GPS coordinates on quarter corners (half-mile points of mile sections). Action for work in Bashaw, Mulligan, ...

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to table a MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) with the Local No. 94 Licensed Deputies Union to establish a career ladder. Under the MOA approved by the union group, Brown County and the union are parties to a collective bargaining ...