The number of farms in Brown County fell to 973 in 2022, a 6.4 percent drop from 2017, while the average age of local farmers is advancing into the late 50s.Those and a vast number of other statistics detailing the changing landscape of farming across the country and in Minnesota were released last week in the USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture.
Sleepy Eye Medical Center will replace nearly 80 windows this spring on its original 1940s building and 1960s addition.The project, slated to cost up to $340,145, was approved last week by the board that oversees the city-owned hospital and clinic.
A stretch of County Road 22 would be realigned at a dangerous intersection with Highway 4 south of Sleepy Eye under a proposal that received county commissioners’ endorsement Tuesday.The Brown County Highway Department recommended slightly realigning about 2,000 feet of County Road 22 so it meets Highway 4 at a right angle.
The crowning of the new Brown County Dairy Princesses will be held at 1 p.m.
Democrats from around Brown County will gather at multiple locations on Tuesday, Feb.
The Brown County Republican Party will conduct its 2024 Precinct Caucus on Tuesday, Feb.
There is a shortage of available housing in the United States, and many of those homes are old or middle aged.The number of single-family homes available for sale has been declining for years, but especially since the 2007-09 housing crisis.
Something went so wrong during takeoff for Air Force pilot Brady Augustin that the Sleepy Eye native had two options to survive once his F-16 was airborne: eject or try to land wheels up, on the fighter jet’s belly.Augustin’s actions, skill and quick thinking that day in March 2022 led to another honor last week for the already highly decorated Airman and 2005 Sleepy Eye grad.