NEW ULM — Brown County Public Health Director Jaimee Brand’s quarterly update centered on an unusual flu season Tuesday. “Unfortunately, we’ve had a historical flu season this year, with higher numbers than we’ve seen in many, many years,” said Brand. She said as of March 22 according to the Minnesota Department of Public Health, there were 7,313 people hospitalized for the flu in Minnesota since Jan. 1. That’s double the number for that time period last year and triple the year before that. Brand there were two pediatric influenza-associated deaths among 336 Minnesota ...