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 ...

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, ...

WINTHROP - Sen. Amy Klobuchar toured Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Bio-Fuels) Producer Member, Heartland Corn Products (HCP), in Winthrop on March 27 to discuss her efforts in addressing some of the challenges facing Minnesota’s ethanol industry. Among those efforts include securing an ...

NEW ULM — Dozens of company booths and displays drew a good-sized crowd to the 42nd Annual Farm-City Hub Club Farm Show at the New Ulm Civic Center Friday. Bleats from new-born meat goats could be heard above conservation at the event that continues Saturday. New Ulm FFA members Rachel ...

NEW ULM — South Central and Southwest Minnesota farm land prices continued to rise in 2023, according to a University of Minnesota Extension survey of farmland sales. The 2022 Brown County average farmland sale price was $8,259 per acre, according to Minnesota Department of Revenue ...

NEW ULM — Courtland Township farmer Tim Waibel liked the Wednesday afternoon sunshine that drove the temperature past 50 degrees so much, he jumped into his all-terrain vehicle and drove from his shop to nearby Kuester’s pond. The pond was still covered with ice. Waibel said it can be ...