Opinion

From the Editor’s Desk

I am sick for the first time in three years! Well, I might be exaggerating a little bit. I only have a cold, but it’s the kind that requires cold medicine during the day and NyQuil at night and Kleenex all the time.

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From the Editor’s Desk

Our second Progress Edition is in the newspaper today. I always love learning more about the businesses or groups we feature in Progress. Also—not playing favorites— bu! my key takeaways are: Patrick Hoffmann is quite the young entrepreneur; if you want to build a house or commercial building in Sleepy Eye, you should check out what the City has to sell; and finally— those beautiful lights we all love during the Holiday Lights in Motion season don’t get there by themselves, more volunteers are needed to get the job done!

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Mayor’s Message

As you’ve been reading about, the previous couple City Council meetings, you can’t help noticing all the attention that, has been paid to allowing unattached sheds on your property. Simplifying this as much as possible, the present, ordinance was written at.

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Protect Our Groundwater

Anyone who has watched much news this last year has seen stories about drought, diminishing rivers and aquifers, and our nation’s continuing battle against, contaminant.s such as PFAS. The American public is coming to realize a truth that we in the water industry have known for a long-time: access to clean and safe water is not a guarantee but. something that, must be fought, for and never taken for granted.

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From the Editor’s Desk

This issue of the Herald- Dispatch includes the first of two Progress sections. With all the turmoil of the past few years (pandemic and weird ownership) we hadn’t published this type of Progress edition. We’re happy to say it is back this year. Our theme is the same as our company motto: Community Matters.

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