Brown County Rural Electrical Association members who rounded up their electric bill allowed the REA to donate $10,700 to 29 area organizations, six scholarships and two families in crisis in 2023.The donations are made possible by participating Brown County REA members who round up their electric bill payment to the nearest dollar each month.
As we head into December and the Christmas season, the question that has been in my mind and heart is “what makes it Christmas for you?” Is it the decorations or the gatherings or the music or the treats?
The local schools went a combined 4-0 Friday and Saturday at Sleepy Eye High School’s Boys Tip-Off Tournament.
In one second-half stretch against Murray County Central, St.
Sleepy Eye overcame a nine-point second-half deficit and a slew of turnovers to overtake Tracy-Milroy-Balaton Saturday to go 2-0 in their home tip-off tournament.The comeback featured a 10-point Indians run that started with a block by Landon Wendinger and included three buckets by freshman Brayden Heiderscheidt – two from beyond the arc – and two free throws by Isaac Lendt.
A Sleepy Eye man with a history of mental illness and run-ins with the law faces a raft of new charges following a 10-hour episode of erratic, threatening behavior last week that caromed between Main Street businesses, his home, Ross Park Apartments and eventually police custody, according to criminal complaints.One person who Shane Allen Peterson frightened during the ordeal told police it seemed like he was on drugs.
Christmas is around the corner and more than likely people have begun purchasing gifts for their loved ones.