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MnDOT offers road map for District 7 projects

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners learned about current and future highway projects through fiscal year 2028 from Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) District 7 project managers Zak Tess and Sam Parker Tuesday. District 7 includes a good share of south central and the southwest ...

Morton man dies in Redwood County crash

REDWOOD COUNTY — A Morton man died in a single-vehicle crash on CSAH 1, north of 270th Street reported at 9:10 p.m. Saturday. Richard Gewerth was driving a vehicle that left the road, entered a ditch and hit a field approach and utility pole. Gewerth was pronounced dead at the scene. ...

Brown Co. board OKs manure compost facility permit

BROWN COUNTY — By a 4-1 vote Tuesday, Brown County Commissioners approved a conditional use permit for a manure composting facility in Prairieville Township. Commissioner Dave Borchert cast a dissenting vote on the application filed by James Heins of Ag Solutions, LLC of Mapleton on property ...

Marti files for Dist. 84 seat

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye native Dan Marti filed for election to a School District 84 seat Aug. 7. He joins school board incumbents Joleen Dittbenner and Darla Remus who filed for election to three school board seats in the Nov. 5 State General Election. School board member Sandra Gonzalez did ...

Brown Co. board OKs paving, debris removal quotes

BROWN COUNTY — Brown County commissioners unanimously approved paving and debris removal quotes Tuesday. Approval of MR Paving & Excavating’s $21,810 quote to pave the improved radius at the north leg of the CSAH 16/TH 14 intersection came on a motion by Commissioner Brian Braun, ...

Like father, like son

GIBBON — Although it was a half century ago, French energy company executive Mauricio Bahr still well remembers what it was like to travel from the tropical warmth of Rio de Janeiro Brazil to Gibbon as a foreign exchange student in December 1973. “The winter weather was so rough, my plane ...