SLEEPY EYE — Brown County Commissioner Brian Braun presented the Sleepy Eye City Council with a safety evaluation of the U.S. Highway 14-County Road 10 intersection Tuesday. Braun said with help from Brown County Highway Engineer Wayne Stevens, he got a Minnesota Department of Transportation ...

MORGAN — Motorists on State Highway 67 may wonder what a 200-foot crane is doing at the Farmward Cooperative Morgan grain elevator. It’s part of a $25 million elevator expansion project with safety and automation technology updates that will enable the elevator to operate more efficiently ...

SLEEPY EYE — Four felony online sexual conduct charges involving an underage girl were filed against a 37-year-old Sleepy Eye man in Brown County District Court Tuesday. Shawn James Severson was charged with two counts of engaging in electronic communication relating or describing sexual ...

COURTLAND —The Courtland City Council on Thursday worked on how to solve water drainage issues on Wishbone Way and Stony Point. Residents, Tom Suess and John Stadick, were present last month and at this month’s meeting to express their concerns about water not draining off their properties ...

SLEEPY EYE — Minnesota Department of Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Commissioner Katrina Kessler talked about the Farm Bill and agricultural issues over pizza and beer at Sleepy Eye Brewing Co. Tuesday. Several dozen farmers attended the ...

NEW ULM — Brown County commissioners unanimously approved a low bid to repair broken tile in County Ditch 16, Branch 3 in Bashaw and Burnstown townships Tuesday. Approval of a $66,945 bid with 24-inch plastic tile from Lohrenz Excavating came on a motion by Commissioner Brian Braun, seconded ...