SLEEPY EYE — A 43-year-old Iowa man accused of murdering a 33-year-old Algona, Iowa police officer Wednesday peacefully turned himself in to authorities in on the 29000 block of 210th Street, Leavenworth Township, several miles southwest of Sleepy Eye early Thursday morning. Kyle Lou Ricke ...

$51,247 hike is 3.12% increase SLEEPY EYE — The Sleepy Eye City Council unanimously approved setting the 2024 preliminary tax levy at $1,694,257 Tuesday. Approval of raising the levy 3.12% ($51,247) over the 2023 final levy came on a motion by councilor Scott Krzmarzick, seconded by Nate ...

NICOLLET — The Nicollet City Council continued continued to discussed a proposed trail as part of the Old Highway 14’s reconstruction project. In August the council first discussed constructing a bituminous trail on the north side of Old Highway 14 from Main Street (TH 111) to Birch ...

COURTLAND —The Courtland City Council at their regular meeting on Thursday, Sept. 7, continued their discussion from last month regarding who is responsible for removing diseased trees. Council members Pam Rodewald and Justin Kraus had volunteered to contact other cities on how they handle ...

GIBBON — Following a brief regular board meeting, the Gibbon Fairfax Winthrop (GFW) School Board discussed PreK-12 site and building project design with architects from two Twin Cities firms Sept. 5. “We’ve worked with our site team, other groups and received school project feedback from ...

GIBBON — As September begins, yellow is the color in style at the Gibbon Sunflower Field. The field, located at the end of West 8th Street and Cedar Avenue, is eight acres and mainly features a variety called Lemon Queen. The field’s flowers grew to be about nine feet, though this ...