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 ...

NEW ULM — New telephone numbers may be assigned in the new 924 area code beginning Aug. 30 according to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC). The 507 area code is expected to run out of new numbers in early 2025. Existing customers will keep their current telephone numbers, but ...

NEW ULM — After hearing Bashaw Township farmers say they’ve lost a lot of acres to drown-outs Tuesday, Brown County commissioners unanimously approved authorizing ISG Engineering of Mankato to do a County Ditch 25 feasibility study. Approval of a study to give landowners ditch repair, ...

GIBBON — The Gibbon Fairfax Winthrop (GFW) School Board unanimously approved an 11-month superintendent contract for Kelly Smith Monday. Action came on a motion by board member Ken Briese, seconded by Mark Turtle to approve an 11-month, $132,916 contract for Smith that begins Aug. 1. The ...