Brownton News

Benson Quinn and United Farmers Coop have formed a joint venture that will build and operate a grain elevator in Brownton with a total storage capacity of 3.6 million bushels.

An 87-year-old World War II paratrooper and prisoner of war told his story to New Ulm High School eighth-graders Friday in the District Administrative Center auditorium.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Despite warnings to hunters, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says it is investigating a number of trumpeter swan deaths.

FALCON HEIGHTS The Minnesota State Fair's "Alphabet Forest" expands in its second year with the addition of a different fan-favorite children's book author or illustrator for each day of the 2011 "Great Minnesota Get Together." Jill Kalz, who grew up in New Ulm, will be featured along with her award-winning title "Farmer Cap" on Aug.

When local New Ulm man Dale Holtz recently got the chance to travel to Graz, Austria to play polka music - he took it.