Each year Bridging Brown County names a Bridge Builder of the Year. This award is given to someone who exemplifies the organization’s mission to strengthen our community by bridging relationships of understanding and communication in Brown County. This year’s recipient is Sharon Pieschel of ...

Submitted photo Pictured are Brad Kirk, New Ulm Area Foodshelf Director, and Al Kopischke, Optimist member and co-owner of Smiley’s Tavern.

OWATONNA — Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) is currently accepting applications for its Early Care and Education Grant program. This program will help fund early care and education services for children birth to age 5. Organizations that work with these children in SMIF’s ...

Join DD of the New Ulm Wellness Collective on Saturday, Sept. 24 in German Park. DD will guide those in attendance through a 30-minute music meditation. You can bring a yoga mat or a towel to sit on. Live Music will be performed by the Hannah Bretz Trio.

WILLMAR — Highway 19 will close just east of Winthrop as a bridge replacement project gets underway Monday, Sept. 12. Travelers will be detoured to Highway 15, Sibley County Road 10, and Sibley County Road 4 for the duration of construction (see attached map). Originally planned to start ...