NEW ULM – Area garden enthusiasts rejoice, the Brown County Master Gardeners’ Gardenfest Tour is back for 2026. The Gardenfest Tour is 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 25 and will feature five gardens selected by Brown County Master Gardeners. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased at ...

CROSSLAKE — Camp Cuyuna, located just north of Crosslake, has been the longtime home of area scouting but that will come to a close this month. The Twin Valley Council of Scouting America has listed the 634-acre property for sale for $2.75 million. The decision follows an 18-month study ...

Climate fiction, or cli-fi, is a form of speculative fiction that features a changed or changing climate as a major plot device. Here is a list of the titles and descriptions I found searching the New Ulm Public Library online catalog at www.newulmlibrary.org. “2084: A Novel of Future ...

Treml County Park is one of Brown County’s best-kept secrets. Located on 18.2 acres in Section 32, Leavenworth Township, the park on the East shore of Altermatt Lake includes more than 4,000 feet of shoreline, a picnic shelter, picnic area, charcoal grills, hiking trails and a boat ...

ST. PETER — When 2024 Minnesota Valley Lutheran graduate Kyler Flunker committed to Gustavus Adolphus College, he thought football would be the sport he would play at the college level. But after a teammate convinced him to try out for track and field — a sport that Flunker did not ...

MARSHALL — Ramsey Hopp has been no stranger to high expectations during her competitive softball career, whether they be her own or her coaches’. From her first high school varsity softball game as an eighth-grader to the 37 games she played during her first year of college softball this ...