NEW ULM – Installation of the solar panels on New Ulm’s water department building began Tuesday. Work crews from Wolf Track Energy moved the panels to the roof of the water department building in the morning and in the afternoon began placing the panels on the west-facing side of the ...
GIBBON — The Gibbon Fairfax Winthrop School Board unanimously approved proposed budget adjustments Monday estimated to save the school district $315,839.60 in fiscal year 2027. Superintendent Al Berg said the budget adjustments created after a thorough review of district operations and ...
NEW ULM — Don’t let ticks get the best of you this year. That was the advice of Brown County Public Health Director Jaimee Brand in her public health update to Brown County Commissioners Tuesday. Ticks are having a year with emergency department visits from tick bites at about 71 per 100,000 people a week across the country, more than double the typical rate this time of year, according to Brand who cited epidemiologist Dr. Katelyn Jetelina. Ticks aren’t a problem in this area yet but likely will be soon. A bad tick season usually follows a mild winter but, Jetelina urged the ...
FAIRFAX — On a gusty day that lowered just about everyone’s season averages, low and steady led the Sleepy Eye United freshman duo of Nolan Kucera and Anders Coulson to the top. Kucera, Coulson and Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther senior Gavin Kester all turned in 84s at ...
WINTHROP — The Springfield Tigers girls golf team took three of the top five spots as they secured a 10-stroke lead in the first of three legs of the Tomahawk-Valley Conference Tournament Wednesday at Winthrop Golf Club. “I think it’s really exciting for our team to come this far,” ...
NEW ULM — Not even a below-freezing wind chill could stop the New Ulm Bicycle Group Earth Day Cleanup Saturday morning. Group members Bob and Linda Beck, Pat Schumacher, Aldean Hendrickson, Scott Grimm, and Brandon Steffl met at the base of German Park, put on gloves and cleaned up the ...
