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Troublesome beaver poses challenge for trapper clearing county ditch

BROWN COUNTY — Comfrey trapper Matt Bowman said he likes trapping beaver, but a beaver may have escaped Bowman’s efforts in Mulligan Township by taking his trap earlier this month. “It’s a challenge. I enjoy it. I grew up around it. It gets me outside with Mother Nature. I’ve trapped since I was young,” said Bowman. Commissioners unanimously approved paying Bowman, who is the Watonwan County Public Works crew chief and highway inspector, $280 for the beaver trapping and ditch clean-out, motion by Commissioner Brian Braun, seconded by Tony Berg. On April 17, Bowman trapped ...

Nicollet County Pork Producers Offer High School Scholarship

The Nicollet County Pork Producers (NCPP) is offering a $750 scholarship to a 2024 high school graduate pursuing a post-secondary education at a 2-year or 4-year school majoring in an agriculture-related field of study. Applicants must be a Nicollet County resident or their family must have a pork production facility in Nicollet County. Applications for the high school graduate scholarship are due by June 1, 2024. Applications, including more details, can be downloaded from the Nicollet County Pork Producers Facebook page. The public is invited to follow and like the Nicollet County ...

‘Rain sets us up for a good start’ for planting

NEW ULM — Brown County Corn and Soybean Board member and seed dealer Justin Remus of rural New Ulm was busy with other board members in his shop Wednesday, sorting seed corn for county corn test plots. A couple inches of rain that recently fell in the area makes him hopeful about spring ...

Extension educator discusses climate resiliency

SLEEPY EYE — If emissions are not reduced, the average Minnesota temperature will increase several degrees in the coming decades at the expense of grain production, according to an extension educator with the University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership. “Climate risks impact ...

Brown Co. Board OKs quarter corner grant application

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday authorizing application for a $300,000 grant for a licensed surveyor to certify and establish GPS coordinates on quarter corners (half-mile points of mile sections). Action for work in Bashaw, Mulligan, Leavenworth and Prairieville Townships came on a motion by Commissioner Brian Braun, seconded by Tony Berg. Brown County Highway Engineer Wayne Stevens said the project is contingent on Brown County receiving a grant. Sixty-five Minnesota counties submitted Letters of Intent, for a total aggregate request ...

Commissioners table Deputies Union MOA

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to table a MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) with the Local No. 94 Licensed Deputies Union to establish a career ladder. Under the MOA approved by the union group, Brown County and the union are parties to a collective bargaining agreement effective Jan. 1, 2023 through Dec. 31, 2025 establishing a career ladder including Deputy Sheriff I, evaluated at Grade 9, and Deputy Sheriff II, evaluated at Grade 10. Qualification requirements associated with movement from Deputy Sheriff I to Deputy Sheriff II include completion of 7 ...