LWV neighborhood walkabouts start this week NEW ULM – The League of Women Voters (LWV) invites the public to lace up their walking shoes and explore nature in the community through the Neighborhood Walkabout series. Five walks are scheduled each week in June in different New Ulm ...

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners unanimously approved a $6,921 state grant agreement Tuesday to purchase digital radar speed signs for Hanska and Comfrey. The Brown County Highway Department plans to install a portable radar speed sign to be used at multiple locations on county roads 17 ...

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners on Tuesday approved needed purchases to support a Sentence to Service program. The program allows individuals convicted of certain crimes, typically non-violent or first-time offenders, to serve their sentences through community service instead of ...

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) issued an air quality alert for all of Minnesota Friday that continues to 6 p.m. Monday, June 2. A cold front will drag smoke from Manitoba and Saskatchewan wildfires. The highest smoke concentration is expected Saturday morning and ...

NEW ULM – After a five year absence, concessions will return to Flandrau State Park along with the opening of the sand-bottom swimming pond. For years, a concession stand operated out of the Flandrau warming house/beach house next to the park’s swimming pond. Nonprofit organizations would ...

NEW ULM – Three separate public hearings were held by the New Ulm Planning Commission Thursday regarding three separate Planned Unit Developments (PUD) could bring additional housing to the city. The three PUDs being considered were for Kuepers Highland Apartments (901 N. Highland Avenue); ...