GIBBON — Gibbon Fairfax Winthrop (GFW) Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Jeff Horton was recognized as a Minnesota Association of School Administrators (MASA) Regional Administrator of Excellence March 15. Horton received the award from St. Paul Public Schools Supt. Dr. Joe Gothard and MASA ...

HANSKA – Tuesday, the Hanska Community Center was packed for an informational meeting on the future funding of the community library. Over 60 people filled the Community Center meeting space, with those in attendance heavily supporting continued funding of the library. Recently the City of ...

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners unanimously approved four partial, open ditch clean-outs to low bidders Tuesday. A $29,243.20 contact for County Ditch 28, Mulligan Township, was awarded to Sandgren Trucking & Excavating, Franklin, motion by Commissioner Brian Braun, seconded by Tony ...

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 — Brown County commissioners unanimously accepted a quarter corner (half-mile point of mile section) certification proposal Tuesday. Action came on a motion by Commissioner Scott Windschitl, seconded by Brian Braun to accept a $244,650 bid by Bolton & Menk of Mankato to certify ...

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners received an assessor update from Brown County Assessor Anne Grunert Tuesday and learned she successfully appealed for tax reductions in Springfield and on agricultural land. Grunert said she appealed the City of Springfield’s 17.669% trend to the ...