Local Features

Twenty six years of Karen Hedrick’s teaching career has been spent in Brown County at Helmsburg Elementary School.

When Jeff Hagen was a public art school teacher he spent nearly a month in Kyiv, Ukraine teaching alongside other educators.

Brown County High School’s Eagle Manufacturing will have a new place to call home next school year thanks to an anonymous donor.

Two friends set off from Portland, Oregon in a four-wheel drive SUV that already has over 140,000 miles on it with their sights set on Argentina. What happens next is a true adventure story that takes place over 12,000 miles.

BEAN BLOSSOM — Confidence can be built wherever one sets out to improve themselves. One of those places just so happens to be a horse farm west of Bean Blossom, down a long gravel drive off of State Road 45.

Step off of East Washington Street and into a painting — or become the painter — when you interact with the Town of Nashville’s newest public art piece “Marie in the Woods” inspired by one of Brown County’s most influential artists.

Seniors donned their caps, gowns and grins from ear to ear while reflecting on all they have accomplished and all that is before them during the Brown County High School commencement ceremony on May 27.

Freya Baldwin: Honor roll, four years; summa cum laude; Outstanding Advanced Placement Environmental Science Student

From the classroom to the basketball court, from the track to the auditorium, to beyond the walls of their school, Brown County High School’s Class of 2022 has dedicated themselves to their studies, athletics, clubs, activities and their community.

As spring rains subside, temperatures rise and the sun shines through the clouds, many find themselves walking with their heads down and eyes on the ground hoping to find morel mushrooms.