MINNESOTA — New Minnesota laws taking effect Jan. 1, 2025 include added protection for online ticket purchases. The Ticketing Fairness Act requires “all-in pricing” to ensure concert and other event ticket buyers know the total ticket cost up front; ensure buyers receive proof of ...

NEW ULM — If you like colder winter weather, you’ll probably get your wish after New Year’s Eve. “We’ve had this slow progression of warm Pacific air working it’s way across the country. It produces fog as it runs over Midwest snow,” said Chanhassen National Weather Service ...

SLEEPY EYE — Leading a motorized support team, four horseback riders rode in the ditch on the east side of State Highway 4 south of Sleepy Eye Monday. After taking a year off, the reconciliation and healing ride began a week and half earlier in Fort Thompson, S.D. on Dec. 10 en route to ...

NEW ULM — As cold weather and another holiday season approaches, include more indoor activities allow viruses to pass from person to person more easily. Pertussis, also known as Whooping Cough, is on the rise in Minnesota, according to Brown County Public Health Director Jaimee Brand. The ...

WINTHROP — The hum of machinery could be heard as semi trucks continuously rolled into and out of the Heartland Corn Products ethanol plant site Wednesday. Heartland Corn Products (HCP) of Winthrop recently was recently awarded a $1 million rural Minnesota Renewable Energy for America ...

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners unanimously approved the purchase of an outdoor public health workstation using a $6,853 Statewide Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) grant Tuesday. Brown County Commissioner Brian Braun seconded a motion by Commissioner Dave Borchert approving the purchase. ...