Calling all artists: Cash prizes in Springfield show
Artists are invited and encouraged to submit art pieces for the upcoming Springfield Juried Art Show, which will be on exhibit from Oct.
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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.
Some assembly required – Hwy. 4 project update
Semi-truck transports of center span beams for the new Highway 4 bridge over the Cottonwood River turned heads in downtown Sleepy Eye last week as they made their way to the job site south of town.
1921 LaFrance fire truck to be on display Sept. 25 at Depot Museum
The Sleepy Eye Fire Department and Sleepy Eye Area Historical Society are teaming up to showcase the Fire Department’s 1921 LaFrance fire truck restoration project.
Pro Tip: Don’t read this while driving
As distracting as phones can be, there’s much more to attentive driving than just putting that nonstop temptation away when behind the wheel.Such was the message to the young drivers at St.
Dyckman Free Library News
The library has some exciting programs scheduled over the next month.
Sleepy Eye City Clerk Office Closure – 1 day – Sept. 20, 2024
Our motor vehicle staff will be attending the Minnesota Deputy Registrar Association annual meeting on Sept.
Medals awarded for actions in 2023 capture of Iowa police officer’s killer
The Brown County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday presented medals to the officers and dispatcher involved in the capture last year of the man who killed Police Officer Kevin Cram of Algona, Iowa.The arrest at a rural home south of Sleepy Eye ended a four-hour manhunt that began in Iowa on Sept.
Traffic stop was golden ticket to finding swindle suspect
As scams go, the one detailed recently in Brown County District Court begins with a sad but all-too-familiar tale of modern life: An 87-year-old woman, hoodwinked by computer and phone, sends $1,000 in gift cards to someone claiming to be with Microsoft.The case ventures off the beaten path from there, however, to $85,000 in gold bars changing hands in a Walmart parking lot, a traffic stop that turns priceless weeks after the fact, and the ultimate rarity in swindles of the elderly: a suspect’s name and a criminal charge.The events in New Ulm underscore the danger of scams in every community, particularly against seniors, and the ever-changing playbook of thieves.