Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz returned to Farmfest Wednesday to discuss Ag trade, cuts to SNAP and updated security for elected officials. Walz has attended nearly every Farmfest for the last two decades, but missed last year after he was selected as the DFL nominee for Vice President. Walz said he ...

NEW ULM -- Brown County commissioners provided formal certification of a conservation easement project by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services. The commissioner's certification was part of a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) requirement. “The Fish and Wildlife Services has an ...

HANSKA -- On a typical day, the youth in Hanska’s Park and Recreation program would be playing games or making craft projects in Hanska City Park, but Monday they decided to take part in an annual philanthropic endenvor. From 10 a.m. to noon on Monday, the kids operated a lemonade stands on ...

NEW ULM — Dozens of wrestlers in kindergarten through high school hit the sand on Minnesota Street Friday to help kick off the third annual Spikin' in the Street with the first-ever Downtown Throwdown event. More than 100 wrestlers, including the Rolling Thunder Wrestling Club of New Ulm ...

SLEEPY EYE — Powered by warm temperatures and summer sun, algae blooms are threatening Sleepy Eye Lake and the Sleepy Eye Summerfest ski show. Earlier in July, the City of Sleepy Eye closed the Sleepy Eye Lake beach based on a recommendation from Brown County Public Health after lake water ...

WINTHROP — T-Bird Community Arts of Gibbon, Fairfax and Winthrop presents the musical “Anastasia” July 31-Aug 3 in the GFW High School auditorium. Set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, the musical “Anastacia” follows Anya, a brave and mysterious orphan with no memory of her ...