NEW ULM — Amos Beranek of the Milford 4-H Club won the Brown County Fair rabbit show Overall 4-H Championship Thursday with his Mini Rex rabbit “Georgia.” Beranek, 11, has been raising rabbits for about five years. He also received the Best of Breed and Four Class awards with the ...

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 -- The 2025 Brown County Fair kicked into gear Wednesday with the Brown County 4-H Horse Show at the horse arena area of the fairgrounds. 4-H Horse judge Ashley Zutz, who has been in that role for eight years, and has been involved with 4-H since third grade, said the Horse Project is ...

GILFILLAN ESTATE — A panel of agricultural leaders and government officials spoke at a Farmfest Forum Wednesday about how to deal with the trade deficit and what it means to America and the world. American Farm Bureau President “Zippy” Duvall said he recently talked to President Donald ...

GILFILLAN ESTATE — Federal politicians discussed agricultural policy with passion at times in front of a large Farmfest Forum crowd Tuesday. Newly appointed U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Vaden talked glowingly about the Big Beautiful Bill Act signed into law July 4 containing ...

NEW ULM — New Ulm Police Commander Dean Barstad recently passed the 30-year mark with the department and doesn’t plan to retire anytime soon. “I plan to keep showing up, staying with the good people I work with and doing what I do,” he said. “It’s been a great run. It’s hard to ...