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Participation in the mental sport known as Knowledge Bowl is running so high at Sleepy Eye High School that the program needs two rooms for its 7:30 a.m.
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Poppy’s owner sentenced
The former owner of the defunct Poppy’s Bar & Play on the Railway was sentenced Monday to two years of supervised probation and 40 days of jail time already served for a criminal charge that followed the abrupt closure last year of his short-lived Sleepy Eye restaurant.Dane Allen Burton, 27, of Winthrop pleaded guilty to felony unauthorized possession of gambling equipment belonging to the Sleepy Eye Arena Association, which conducted charitable gambling pull tabs at Poppy’s.
Couple charged in dog’s death during frigid spell
A couple that was convicted two years ago of misdemeanor child neglect has been charged with felony mistreatment of an animal after police found an emaciated, dead dog in a Sleepy Eye apartment that was left with a thermostat turned off during frigid weather, resulting in a busted water pipe over a Main Street salon.Aaron Scott Grubham, 36, and Krista Michelle Grubham, 37, were charged Monday in Brown County District Court with felony animal neglect resulting in the death of a pet and a misdemeanor count of depriving the animal of necessary food, water or shelter.
SE Food Shelf begins annual campaign to help area people
The Sleepy Eye Area Food Shelf began its March campaign last week as part of the Minnesota FoodShare event, which bills itself as the largest grassroots food and fund drive in the state.The Sleepy Eye Area Food Shelf, which helps people anonymously out of its distribution site at the back of the Sleepy Eye Community Center at 115 2nd Ave.
Local votes to be cast Tuesday in MN’s presidential primary
The polls will be open from 7 a.m.
New Ulm Farm Show showcases agriculture
The annual New Ulm Farm-City Hub Club Farm Show will take over the south arena of the New Ulm Civic Center next weekend.
Spring road weight restrictions start
Spring weight road restrictions on Brown County roads went into effect Feb.
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Man who faced raft of felonies is committed
A Sleepy Eye man who was charged with 13 felonies after a string of erratic, threatening episodes with the public and police has been temporarily committed as a mentally ill and dangerous person, according to court records.A judge on Feb.