NEW ULM — Ted Oman keeps a photo album that documents his 37-year career with the Minnesota State Patrol. Oman, of Winthrop, is a retired sergeant. At 87, he lives at Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm. He is a familiar face at Oak Hills. People recognize Oman as “the gentleman in the ...
NEW ULM — A New Ulm woman who voluntarily tends a garden behind Oak Hills Living Center was among nine senior volunteers honored at the Brown County Fair Senior Day Program Aug. 13. “My parents, Stan and Onie Dittrich, were Oak Hills residents for nearly five years,” said Nancy Ginkel. ...
NEW ULM — Anyone who has dropped into the Minnesota Music Hall (MMHF) of Fame over the last few years should be familiar with John Kass. For the last five years, he has volunteered at the front desk as visitor host. Kass is there to answer any questions visitors might have about Minnesota ...
Mn2026SLEEPY EYE — Craig and Joleen Dittbenner’s Spring Creek Dairy was named 2026 Brown County Farm Family of the Year by the University of Minnesota Extension Service.The farm began north of Sleepy Eye in the late 1960s in a stanchion barn with 160 acres. It gradually expanded to 40 cows ...
REDWOOD COUNTY - Five drone companies, Drone Nerds, CRK Aerial, Frontier Precision Agriculture, Mountain View Ag, and TerraXplore, represented agricultural unmanned aerial technology at Minnesota Farmfest, demonstrating commercial systems used for crop protection across southern ...
MORGAN — Visitors at Farmfest stepped back in time this week as a collection of vintage tractors and historic farm machinery was showcased in the antique display area at the Gilfillan Estate. Organized in part by the Prairieland Flywheel Two-Cylinder Club, the gathering highlighted the ...
