NEW ULM - As Minnesota is gearing up to open licensing to sell cannabis in 2025, Brown County is working on drafting local ordinances regulating potential cannabis businesses. The county commissioners held a special workshop Tuesday to review a potential draft ordinance on cannabis sales, but ...

SLEEPY EYE — Governor Tim Walz ordered all United States and Minnesota flags to fly at half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise, Dec. 30 until sunset on Jan. 29 to honor the life and legacy of former President Jimmy Carter. “President Carter defined what it means to be a servant ...

SLEEPY EYE — A 22-year-old Sleepy Eye man accused of soliciting a child or someone believed to be a child through electronic solicitation in Sleepy Eye in October, faces a felony charge in Brown County District Court. In a complaint filed Dec. 17, Joshua James Garcia asked the person posing ...

SLEEPY EYE — A 33-year-old Sleepy Eye man is accused of threatening to kill a former U.S. House of Representatives member on social media. Tucker Lee Hittesdorf faces a felony threat of violence charge in Brown County District Court for allegedly making the threat by email in September ...

NEW ULM – Brown County Commissioners approved contracting with GEI Consultants to created a PFAS treatment system for county landfill. PFAS are group of long-lasting chemicals chemicals (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl)that have been linked to cancer development. Due to the wide use of ...

Nicollet Sheriff’s Department located the body of John Huelskamp, 85, from Lafayette Township Wednesday morning. Huelskamp was reported missing at 5:27 p.m. Tuesday a farm site in Lafayette Township, north of New Ulm. According to the report, Huelskamp went outside to work with his cattle ...