NEW ULM – Thursday was Senior Day at the Brown County Fair and as part of the program, awards were given to the Farm Family of the year; the Willad and Dorthy Waibel Century Farm and a long-awaited award for Denis Warta, who received Outstanding Senior Citizen. Craig and Elizabeth Fischer of ...

NEW ULM -- The 2025 Brown County Fair opened its second day of festivities Thursday with the 4-H Beef Show in the cattle arena of the fairgrounds. Judge Vicky Wilmes, who has over 20 years of experience with the show, was impressed with what she saw. “For the size of the fair, of Brown ...

NEW ULM -- Wednesday the Brown County Free Fair began with the annual 4-H Pet Show. The show featured local youth and their menagerie of pets, including the familiar dogs and cats to somewhat more unusual pets such as a Mallard duck and hermit crab. Participants were interviewed by 4-H judge ...

NEW ULM -- The 2025 Brown County Fair kicked into gear Wednesday with the Brown County 4-H Horse Show at the horse arena area of the fairgrounds. 4-H Horse judge Ashley Zutz, who has been in that role for eight years, and has been involved with 4-H since third grade, said the Horse Project is ...

NEW ULM – The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) area wildlife management was excited for the county commissioners to accept a proposed land acquisition of 36.1 acres of land in the Mulligan township near Wood Lake for inclusion in the DNR’s Wildlife Management Area (WMA). Brown County ...

By Jared Winter news@nujournal.com NEW ULM — After years of vision, planning, and hard work, Weelborg Chevrolet officially celebrated the completion of its extensive renovation and expansion project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday morning. The event marked a milestone for the ...