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Walk or snowshoe by candlelight at Fort Ridgely State Park on Jan. 27
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is hosting candlelight events across the state this winter, including one at Fort Ridgely State Park on Saturday, Jan.
SE officers honored for actions in arrest
Sleepy Eye Police Officers Peter McGarry and Taylor Bolinger received Meritorious Service Awards for their actions arresting the suspect in the Algona, Iowa, killing of Officer Kevin Cram.
Small-town ice
Another year, another location for the Sleepy Eye Pond Hockey Classic, which started on the lake in 2022 and moved to Burnside Park in 2023.
Looking to serve
Army veteran Bridget Hillesheim figures she’s already weathered the biggest blows that her degenerative eye disease can throw at her.
Garbage rates go up, new names added to city committees
The City Council approved a 5 percent increase to garbage rates on Tuesday to compensate for an 18 percent tipping rate increase at the Brown County Landfill.River View Sanitation requested the new rates to off-set its increased costs at the landfill.
A tenure of change, challenges and ‘amazing’ staff at SEMC
Sleepy Eye Medical Center has undergone dramatic changes since Kevin Sellheim started there in 2002.
Bloedows ring in New Year with baby girl
It felt like a typical New Year’s Eve at the Bloedow residence.
Chief transition
Aaron Schauman, left, takes a symbolic hand-off last week of the chief’s helmet from Ron Zinniel, who led the Sleepy Eye Fire Department for the past nine years.