October 2023

Farmers, students, family and friends joined in a procession of tractors Monday morning to St.

A $4 million project to replace the century-old, weight-restricted one-lane Hale Bridge over the Minnesota River northwest of Sleepy Eye was completed in late September.The new two-lane crossing – from County State Aid Highway 8 in Brown County to CSAH 3 in Renville County – is 28-feet wide and has no special weight restrictions, Brown County Highway Engineer Wayne Stevens said.The previous span was built in 1918 and restricted as a 5-ton route that could only handle one direction of traffic at a time.

The Servicemen’s Club recently added a drop box for people to respectfully dispose of their worn American Flags. The receptacle replaces the old in-person drop-off… Login to continue reading Login…