September 2024

Owner: Chasing Our Tails in ‘financial distress,’ will leave Sleepy Eye location

The dog treat company that has operated out of the former Del Monte plant since 2021 is in “significant financial distress” and plans to leave its Sleepy Eye facility and a southeastern Minnesota site for a smaller location, owner Stephen Trachtenberg said in a court filing.“The rent currently owed is several times in excess of the market value for the properties and overhead in such large facilities has turned out to be unsustainable,” Trachtenberg said in the document, which was filed Sept.

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Cross Country recap

Several local runners finished near the front of the pack in their races Monday at Windom with nine schools competing.Eighth-grader Emma Hagen finished sixth among 51 runners for the girls varsity, and senior Noah Christensen placed fifth with a strong run in a field of 70 varsity boys.

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