NEW ULM – Around 100 voters attended the DFL precinct caucus at New Ulm High School Tuesday night. Caucus attendees had the opportunity to vote on a preference ballot for governor. The two DFL candidates are Amy Klobuchar and Christopher Seymore. In Brown County, Klobuchar won the straw ...
SLEEPY EYE – Sunday, a small ice fishing community sprang up on Sleepy Eye Lake for the Sleepy Eye Sportsmen’s Club 44th Annual Ice Fishing Derby. A little over 750 people registered to take part in the fishing tradition. Most of those fishing did so from inside ice fishing shacks, but ...
NEW ULM — Brown County Commissioners unanimously approved implementing bidVAULT electronic bidding for highway projects Tuesday. Brown County Highway Engineer Andrew Lang said many area counties, cities and consultants use some form of electronic bidding used by contractors for road and highway projects. He said bidVAULT is an electronic bidding platform integrated with OneOffice construction administration software. “The project bidding process would remain the same for the highway department until the actual opening of bids,” said Lang. “The highway department would register ...
BROWN COUNTY — Ice fishing enthusiasts can have twice the fun this weekend with contests on Lake Hanska Saturday and Sleepy Eye Lake Sunday. The 11th Annual Lake Hanska Ice Fishing Derby begins with registration at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 31 at Geiger Landing, near the intersection of ...
SLEEPY EYE — The third time was a charm for the 1919 Root Beer pond hockey team as they narrowly beat River Valley Sanitation 17-15 in the Sleepy Eye Pond Hockey Classic championship game Saturday. It was 1919 Root Beer’s third straight pond hockey classic title. The championship game ...
NEW ULM – About 65 people gathered Saturday evening at the intersection of Center Street and Broadway Street for a candlelight vigil honoring Alex Pretti, a Minneapolis ICU nurse fatally shot earlier that morning by a federal immigration agent during an enforcement operation. The vigil, ...
