LAFAYETTE — Lafayette crop manager and firefighter Logan VanDeest filed for one of two open Lafayette City Council seats. He’s been working for Wakefield Pork since 2011. He was a herds-person, managed a sow unit, and moved to corn and bean planting and harvesting last year. VanDeest ...

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) fined Stickney Hill Dairy $14,292 for stormwater violations in April and May of 2023. An MPCA investigation found the dairy discharged an undetermined amount of raw goat milk product on April 11, 2023, and May 19, 2023. Stickney Hill ...

FAIRFAX — Chain saws buzzed in Fairfax Thursday as neighbors and tree service companies helped residents clean up from a wind, rain and hailstorm that came in multiple waves Wednesday. Retired Gibbon Fairfax Winthrop (GFW) High School science teacher Bix Baker talked about the storm while ...

HANSKA – Friday the Tauer Dairy Farm in rural Hanska will host the 2024 Family Night on the Dairy Farm. The event is organized by the New Ulm Farm-City Hub Club and is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, at the David and Angie Tauer farm, 14758 230th Avenue, Hanska. Parking ...

NEW ULM — Musicians performed polka music on a semi trailer stage for more than 5 hours Friday in front of the B and L Bar on Minnesota Street in a tribute to the late Smiley Wiltscheck. Stories about the man who lived for playing polka music were plentiful. He’d play on a moment’s ...

COURTLAND --- Residents of Courtland are still awaiting the results of sewer line televising conducted in in the spring. In the spring, a motorized camera was sent through Courtland sewer line to detect any problem areas. A letter was sent to residents informing them the televising project was ...