My name is Rhonda Miller and I am the Regional Accounting Manager for the Minnesota newspapers, and a few others, owned by CherryRoad Media. My office is located in our St. James site. I have been with the newspaper for almost 30 years and have dabbled in quite a few different rolls along the way.
Brad Finstad, a fourth-generation resident of the New Ulm area, who formerly served as President Donald J. Trump’s State Director for USDA Rural Development in Minnesota, announced his candidacy for Congress in the special election for Minnesota’s 1st District.
SLEEPY EYE CHURCHES Calvary Baptist Church, Pastor Phil Siefkes, 794-6048, 220 4th Ave. SW, calvary-answers.org Sunday Service - 10:45 a.m.
Democracy on display in townships Minnesota’s 1,780 townships will hold their annual meeting on Tuesday, March 8. Known as Township Day, these annual meetings are held every year on the second Tuesday in March.
Minnesota 4-H held the Southwest Region BLU and TEEL leadership workshops on Saturday, Feb. 19 at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall.
Every couple of months the Brown County Sheriff’s Office submits an article to all of the newspapers in the county regarding anything new or changes that have happened and how it affects how we do business. This time we would like to discuss some ways of helping take care of yourself and others by discussing such issues as community involvement and the mental health issues.
If community matters in Sleepy Eye, then the Sleepy Eye Sportsmen's Club is a perfect example of what that means. Active in Sleepy Eye for 75 years, the Sportsmen's Club is a major supporter of area lakes, rivers, and parks (they even have a park named after them for their support in its development: Sleepy Eye Sportsmen's Park on the north shore of Sleepy Eye Lake), firearms safety training, the Boating & Bobbers pontoon, and a financial contributor to so many local causes it is difficult to keep track.
The old adage “Out with the old; In with the New.” applies to our summer community celebration. When it was learned that sweet corn was no longer going to be available, our Chamber started work on a new focus as well as a new name for the community celebration. Our Chamber solicited suggestions for activities and names for the new celebration and “Sleepy Eye Summerfest” was chosen.
On Saturday, Feb. 26, the River Valley speech team participated close to home in the Redwood Valley Cardinals tournament at Redwood Falls High School. This tournament featured around 200 participants from both Class A and AA schools. River Valley placed seventh in the team division out of twenty-one teams present. Several speakers received special recognition. Sarah Kottke led the team with a secondplace medal in drama. Earning third place medals were Kiera Lafferty in prose, Samantha Ibberson in poetry, and Taya Beyer in extemporaneous reading. Extemporaneous speaker, CJ Surprenant earned a fourthplace medal. Placing seventh in their categories and earning blue ribbons were Aubree Paplow in prose and Abigail Schwartz in original oratory. An eighth-place finish and red ribbon went to Brenna Pabst in prose.
It’s back! It may be a year late, but the 40th annual New Ulm Farm-City Hub Club Farm Show will take place Friday and Saturday, March 11 and 12 in the Civic Center on the Brown County Fairgrounds. The Farm Show committee and Hub Club members are excited to be able to hold the show. The club show was the “last show in town” before Covid shut things down in March 2020 and is the first event of its type to come back.