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MN House’s polls state fair attendees

MINNESOTA - A summer staple for Minnesotans, the 2026 Minnesota State fair concluded on Labor Day with nearly 2 million people attended over the 12 days of action.  During the fair, the Minnesota House of Representatives polled attendees on 12 relevant issues regarding Minnesotans, with 9,605 people participating in the poll.  On the topic of gun control, 75.2% of attendees believed semi-automatic military-style assault rifles should be prohibited. Another 20.5% of voters disagreed and 4.3% were undecided. The poll was taken roughly one year after the 2025 Annunciation Catholic School shooting left two children dead…

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SLEEPY EYE - Sleepy Eye/Cedar Mountain Superintendent John Cselovszki told the District 84 School Board Wednesday that mascot changes inside…

Touring and teaching

NEW ULM — Nashville musician Jeff Dayton performed a free acoustic set, shared career stories and took audience requests at…

Like a fairy tale house

The Wanda Gag House had a special visitor a few days ago. Angie Lin, a children's book translator who lives…

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SLEEPY EYE–Monica A. Warwick, 85, of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, died on September 2, 2026, at Abbott…

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THUMBS DOWN Sleepy Eye school year starts with a lockdown The soft lockdown at Sleepy Eye Public and Catholic Schools on Sept. 1 is a frustrating start to the school year. The reason for the lockdown was a social media post involving images of Sleepy Eye Public and St. Mary’s combined with threatening language.…

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Trump prefers Kim over Carney

Two guys in the news lately are Kim Jong Un and Mark Carney. President Trump takes pains to be polite and respectful to Kim while he tries to bulldoze Carney into dust. Kim Jong Un is the supreme leader of North Korea. When his father died in 2011, State television identified him as “the…

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Can’t control vanishment powers

I was about 6 years old when I discovered that I have an extraordinary talent for making things disappear. I owned a Barlow jackknife that had both a long blade and a short blade. This meant that I was prepared for anything from fending off a ferocious tiger to cleaning my fingernails. That pocketknife…

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Sleepy Eye FFA wins MN State Fair crop competition

The Sleepy Eye Future Farmers of America (FFA) Chapter was well represented at the State Fair. This year seven members showed livestock at the fair; nine members participated in the Chapter Demonstration Competition. One hundred ninety members participated in exhibiting over 1,200 entries for the Ag. Technology, Ag. Literacy, and Crops Competitions at the…