SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye Ambulance Coordinator Shari Hittesdorf said it’s good to get one-time emergency ambulance service aid but it would be even better to get funding on a permanent basis. Sleepy Eye Ambulance Service will receive $97,132.67 in total aid as part of $24 million in ...

SLEEPY EYE — The Sleepy Eye Public School Board unanimously certified a 1.68% ($17,044.91) 2025 levy increase Wednesday. The hike boosted the total levy from $1,013,293 payable 2024 to $1,030,338 payable 2025. Approval came on a motion by board member Brian Nelson, seconded by Adam ...

SLEEPY EYE — Lower Medicare reimbursement for ambulance services had a lot to do with a 9.1% 2025 city tax levy hike unanimously approved by the Sleepy Eye City Council Tuesday. Sleepy Eye City Manager Bob Elston said Medicare now pays about 38% of what it costs the City of Sleepy Eye to ...

NEW ULM — After falling in number since 2021, Minnesota traffic deaths are higher this year, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS). There have been 437 Minnesota traffic fatalities and more than 24,000 DWI arrests as of Tuesday, 2024. That compares to 376 traffic ...

SLEEPY EYE — Outgoing Mayor Wayne Pelzel was presented a plaque Tuesday for grateful appreciation for eight years of professional and dedicated service to the City of Sleepy Eye from the Sleepy Eye City Council, city staff and residents. Pelzel did not run for re-election this fall. Sleepy ...

ST. JAMES — Several train layouts operating simultaneously catch your attention when you walk into the Roundhouse Inc. model railroad. A small scale layout depicts downtown St. James, grain elevators and the rail yard. Other layouts depict a city in the 1950s with a lighted fire station, ...