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Brownton/Stewart

Brownton receives report on 2019 streets project

03/13/2019 - 10:55am

Jakob Kounkel

At a Brownton City Council meeting on Tuesday, March 5, the council received a feasibility report and called for a public hearing improvement meeting at a future city council meeting for the 2019 street improvement project. The project covers five additional locations to the 2018 street improvement project: North First Avenue, from Division Street to the dirt road that runs west of North Second...

Stewart quashes sidewalk penalties

03/13/2019 - 10:53am

At a Stewart City Council meeting on Monday, March 11, the council discussed sidewalk issues and accepted a quote to remodel the kitchen in the fire hall. The majority of the brief meeting focused on discussion and an eventual resolution to suspend the enforcement of the city’s sidewalk ordinances because of record amounts of snow until May 1....

Stewart puts final stamp on pet ordinance

02/13/2019 - 11:35am

“What do you want to do so we can put this to bed for a change?” Council Member Carol Altrichter said as the council approached the line item to approve a new pet ordinance. Now, once and for all, the Stewart City Council resolved the issue after months of deliberation. The new ordinance approved by the council on Tuesday, Feb. 11, states: “(A)...

Brownton Rod & Gun brings warm weather, family fun

02/06/2019 - 3:05pm

The 32nd year of the Brownton Rod & Gun Club’s ice fishing contest and raffle brought warm weather, $30,000 in prizes and hundreds of people to Lake Marion on Saturday, Feb. 2. The annual ice fishing contest brought out competitors and their families for a day of ice-fishing related fun. Hosted at the Brownton Rod and Club and across the road...

Adam & Joe Griebie win conservation kudos- Brownton area farm an example of land management

01/23/2019 - 12:58pm

He’s doing the kind of work he wants to do, living his dream on land his family has farmed for four generations. Adam Griebie can’t do anything but take the best possible care of it. Griebie and his father, Joe, were recently honored with a Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation District Outstanding Conservationist Award at the...

Stewart City Council accepts bid, hears from freelance writer

01/16/2019 - 11:53am

At a Stewart City Council meeting on Monday night, councilors approved the sale of a fire truck and heard from a freelance writer working with the McLeod County Historical Partnership. Councilors — with Council Member Kurt Glaeser absent and with the new addition of Council Member James (Jim) Eitel — were heartily surprised to receive a bid on the...