SLEEPY EYE — Dawg Haus Bar & Grill owners Geneva and John Bendix recently requested the Sleepy Eye City Council amend city code to allow Sunday liquor sales to begin before noon. The city council approved the first reading of such an ordinance Tuesday, motion by Councilor Nate Stevermer. ...

The Nicollet City Council on Monday gave the personnel committee the go ahead to pursue a new maintenance employee. During the meeting, it was announced that Josh Anderson will be leaving the position on March 9. He has worked for the city since 2007. The committee members — Councilman ...

WINNEBAGO — Winnebago Mayor Scott Robertson and his son Jacob Robertson were arrested Thursday following a drug raid on three Winnebago properties. The Robertsons were transported to the Faribault County Jail for alleged cultivation of marijuana offenses, according to a South Central Drug ...

REDWOOD FALLS — The FBI arrested a 40-year-old Redwood Falls man at his workplace Wednesday for illegally possessing ammunition. Following an FBI year-long anti-terrorist probe, Andrew David Munsinger was arrested on federal charges. He has prior methamphetamine sale convictions that bar him ...

NICOLLET — A 57-year-old Winthrop woman who formerly did payroll work at Nicollet Public School faces eight felony charges for allegedly overpaying herself $32,462.49 from January 2021 to May 2023. One felony count of embezzlement of public funds and seven counts of felony theft were filed ...

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye Early Childhood Family Education was awarded a $11,500 grant from the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) Jan. 23 Sleepy Eye ECFE was among 32 organizations receiving $393,000 in early childhood project grants. A $10,000 grant was also awarded to the Lake ...