Labor Day is a good time to reflect on the history of workers in America. One of the most interesting periods came during the Great Depression with the Works Progress Administration, later called the Work Projects Administration, from 1935 to 1943. As part of President Franklin Delano ...

It is back to school time for districts across the state, for the Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (GFW) elementary students, they are not going back but forward into a new building. In April 2023, the GFW school board approved the construction of a K-12 school at 1157 E 13th Street Gibbon. After ...

On Aug. 3, 40 athletes were crowned national champions at the 2025 USATF Outdoor and Para National Championships and were selected to advance to the 2025 Para Athletics World Championships this September in New Delhi, India. Among them was Courtland native and 1999 New Ulm High School ...

REDWOOD FALLS — Operating and promoting a race track isn’t a foreign concept to Velvet Dostal. It involves careful planning, community involvement, plenty of driving — in more ways than one — and many sleepless nights. Despite all of that, after helping bring Redwood Speedway back ...

The 2025 University of Minnesota Extension Service Brown County Farm Family of the Year is in a class by itself compared to most farms in southern Minnesota. A spark of inspiration at the 2009 Minnesota State Fair led Stark Township farmers Elizabeth and Craig Fischer to become curious about ...

For nearly three decades 123 N. Minnesota St. has been home to Bookshelves & Coffeecups. The store is a true mom-and-pop shop as it is owned and run by husband and wife duo Gerome (“Jerry” or “Jer”) and Pam Chamberlain, who also live above the store. For 28 years, they have been a ...