Walk or snowshoe by candlelight at Fort Ridgely State Park on Jan. 27
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is hosting candlelight events across the state this winter, including one at Fort Ridgely State Park on Saturday, Jan.
January 2024
Read MoreWalk or snowshoe by candlelight at Fort Ridgely State Park on Jan. 27
College News
Upper Iowa University announced the Dean’s List for the Fall 2023 semester.
Local wrestlers start 2024 on a roll
Sleepy Eye’s Evan Thompson aims to cap his high school wrestling career in the state finals this year after placing sixth in the heavyweight division as a junior.“I just love the competitiveness,” he said.
Small-town ice
Another year, another location for the Sleepy Eye Pond Hockey Classic, which started on the lake in 2022 and moved to Burnside Park in 2023.
Hoops in town on a hot streak
Three of the city’s varsity basketball teams were ranked in the top 10 in Class A by the Star Tribune’s Basketball Hub as of last week, and the fourth has been piling up wins as well.The Sleepy Eye girls held the No.
Looking to serve
Army veteran Bridget Hillesheim figures she’s already weathered the biggest blows that her degenerative eye disease can throw at her.
Read the Bible in a year
We are already in the second week of 2024 and people always look forward to the new year because they make New Year resolutions.The first of the year is for new beginnings, forgetting the past year’s mistakes and misfortunes, and a belief that the next year will be better.The most common resolutions are to exercise more, eat better, and lose weight.
Early childhood screening Feb. 1
Independent School District 84 will be offering early childhood screening services to district residents on Thursday, Feb.
Garbage rates go up, new names added to city committees
The City Council approved a 5 percent increase to garbage rates on Tuesday to compensate for an 18 percent tipping rate increase at the Brown County Landfill.River View Sanitation requested the new rates to off-set its increased costs at the landfill.
