November 2023

Students are chosen by their classroom teacher for the recognition.

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United’s first run ends in Section 3A final

The tears from players that followed Sleepy Eye’s 36-18 loss to Springfield last week conveyed the end of a playoff run, the finality of that final whistle for seniors, and something that might come along once – if ever – in a small town’s history.The football season that ended in the Section 3A championship game in Marshall carried the weight of a new partnership between Sleepy Eye Public and St.

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‘Make it perfect’

Eric Larson’s first memories of a tradition he’d inherit from his father, James, came during his preteen years in the early 1980s.“Every November, he’d go somewhere and he’d bring home stew,” Larson recalled.As years passed, he and his brother, Jeff, learned the details of their dad’s annual daylong departure.They came to know how James Larson, an Army veteran, would check in around 6 a.m.

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