PUBLISH

(May 27, 2026)

BROWN COUNTY

PLANNING

COMMISSION

NOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING

Notice is hereby given

that the Brown County

Planning Commission,

in and for the County of

Brown, will conduct

certain public hearings

as follows:

To Adopt 2040

BROWN COUNTY

COMPREHENSIVE

LAND USE PLAN

WHEREAS, Minnesota

Statutes Å’394.23 au-

thorizes each county to

review and, if neces-

sary, amend its

Comprehensive Land

Use Plan with recom-

mended decennial up-

dates ; and

WHEREAS, the Coun-

ty of Brown authorized

the review and update

of its previous

Comprehensive Land

Use Plan adopted on

March 19, 1991; and

WHEREAS, the pro-

posed Brown County

Comprehensive Land

Use Plan is a planning

tool intended to guide

the future growth and

development of Brown

County in a manner

that conforms with all

applicable planning

statutes; and

WHEREAS, the pro-

posed Brown County

Comprehensive Land

Use Plan reflects a

community planning

process involving elect-

ed officials, appointed

officials, Brown County

staff, city and township

staff, community or-

ganizations, the public

at large, and other

stakeholders; and

WHEREAS, the plan-

ning process included

the following opportuni-

ties for public input:

Two surveys (Steering

Committee priorities

and general public

draft plan review) with

20 total participants; an

interactive mapping

tool with 212 com-

ments; and a project

website with 2,836

page views and 60

subscribers. Outreach

also included local

media coverage (two

radio segments and

three newspaper arti-

cles), social media

sharing by project

partners, and extensive

in person engage-

ment through a home

show, Farm Bureau

meeting, two Steering

Committee workshops,

and three focus

groups. Additional in-

put was received via

emails, phone calls,

and informal com-

ments; and

WHEREAS, Brown

County published the

draft Comprehensive

Land Use Plan on

March 18, 2026, and

gave the public an op-

portunity to review and

comment on the plan

through April 24, 2026;

and

WHEREAS, Minnesota

Statutes Å’394.26, Sub-

division 2 requires the

Brown County Plan-

ning Commission hold

a Public Hearing on the

Adoption of the County

Draft Plan.

NOW THEREFOR BE

IT RESOLVED, that

the Brown County

Planning Commission

will conduct a public

hearing on the Draft

Comprehensive Land

Use Plan on Tuesday,

June 9, 2026, begin-

ning at 9:00 AM in the

Brown County Court-

house Room #204,

New Ulm, Minnesota.

All persons in atten-

dance will be given an

opportunity to speak on

this matter. The public

and all interested par-

ties are hereby official-

ly notified of said public

hearing.

A copy of the draft plan

is on file in the Brown

County Planning &

Zoning Office, Brown

County Courthouse, 14

South State Street,

New Ulm, Minnesota,

and may be viewed

during regular business

hours or on the Brown

County website

https://browncounty

mn.gov/228/Planning-

Zoning.

All written comments

on the plan will be read

into the record and

must be received by

Noon on June 5, 2026,

and shall be submitted

to:

Brown County Plan-

ning and Zoning, PO

BOX 248, 14 S State

St, New Ulm, MN

56073 or to

roberts@brown

countymn.gov

Respectfully, Brown

County Planning &

Zoning Commission

By _______________

Robert Santaella

PUBLISH

(May 20, 27, 2026)

State of Minnesota

Brown County

District Court

Fifth Judicial District

Court File Number:

08- PR-26-370

Case Type: Informal

Probate Notice of Infor-

mal Pro- bate of Will

and Appointment of

Personal Representa-

tive and Notice to

Creditors In Re The

Estate Of Mi- chael

Douglas Simpson, De-

ceased

TO ALL INTERESTED

PER- SONS AND

CREDITORS: Notice is

hereby given that an

application for informal

probate of the above-

named Decedent’s

Last Will dated

3/24/2004 has been

filed with the Probate

Registrar, and the ap-

plication has been

granted. Notice is also

given that the Probate

Registrar has informal-

ly appointed the follow-

ing: Self-Represented

Litigant: James Simp-

son

Address 309 3rd Ave.

SE Mapleton, MN

56065 Email:

James24s@

yahoo. com

Phone Number:

(507) 382- 3529

as Personal Represen-

tative of the Estate of

the Decedent. Any

heir, devisee or other

interested person may

be entitled to appoint-

ment as Personal

Representative, or may

object to the appoint-

ment of the Personal

Represen- tative. Un-

less objections are filed

pursuant to Minn. Stat.

524.3-607, and the

court otherwise orders,

the Personal

Representative has full

power to administer

the Estate, including,

after 30 days from the

date of issuance of

letters, the power to

sell, encumber, lease

or distribute real

estate. Any objections

to the probate of the

Will, or to the appoint-

ment of the personal

representative, must

be filed with this court,

and will be heard by

the court after the filing

of an appropriate peti-

tion and proper notice

of hearing.

Notice is also given

that, subject to Minn.

Stat. 524.3-801, all

creditors

having claims against

the Estate are required

to present the claims to

the Personal

Representative or to

the Court Administrator

within four (4) months

after the date of this

Notice, or the claims

will be barred.

/s/ Probate Registrar

Digitally signed by

Holmseth, Rachel

HOLMSETH

2026.05.11

RAYELMHOUSET

14:44:54-05’00’

Date:

Carol Weikle Court Ad-

ministrator