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Couples brought their best for the Sleepy Eye High School prom and its “New York, New York” theme on Saturday. Above, Nathan Rathman pulls up in a classic ride with Alexa Pelzel.

Minnesota’s corn growers as a whole remained slightly ahead of their five-year pace entering this week, even as wet fields slowed the work, the latest USDA crop progress report showed.In Brown County, some farmers were done planting or nearly so, while others were waiting for drier conditions to finish a bulk of their acreage.“With this weather I’ve been reluctant to put too much corn in the ground,” Phil Sellner said last week on a morning that brought more rain.

Bruno, a Saint Bernard from west of Sleepy Eye, gives judge Debby Jahnke an up-close look during an International All Breed Canine Association dog show on April 27 in Hutchinson.

From left, Dylan Nilson, 9, Elsie Weicherding, 11, and Jorja Weicherding, 7, go over excerpts of “The Little Mermaid Jr.” script in the hallway outside the Sleepy Eye High School choir room while waiting to audition Saturday for Sleepy Eye Community Theater’s summer production of the musical.

The detours that started two weeks ago for the Highway 4 project south of town were just the beginning of the re-routing motorists will encounter this spring and summer.

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A 66-year-old Sleepy Eye man entered guilty pleas Tuesday in three sexual assault cases that spanned decades and involved three victims whom he knew and who were children when the abuse occurred.Douglas Allan VanOverbeke, most recently of the 300 block of Maple Street SE, faces a combined sentence of 20 years in prison for the crimes as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.

The bike rental program that the Sleepy Eye Healthcare Foundation began in 2017 at Sportsman’s Park has ended, done in by the rising costs to keep it running.The initiative provided six white Shimano seven-speed bikes that sported the medical center logo, cushioned seats and solar-powered Bluetooth locks.