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Seifert gives SE city council positive legislative update

SLEEPY EYE — Flaherty & Hood PA Senior Lobbyist Marty Seifert gave the Sleepy Eye Council a positive update on the 2023 legislative session Tuesday. “All of our Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities members got an LGA (local government aid) increase. The City of Sleepy Eye’s Local ...

Sleepy Eye High School presents Disney Lion King Experience

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye High School presents The Lion King Disney Experience Oct. 12, 14 and 15 in the Sleepy Eye High School auditorium. Show times are 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15. “It’s a lot of work, but I’m sure it will be ...

Courtland City Council approves new firefighters

COURTLAND — Danielle Schlumpberger and Tom Suess will join the Courtland Fire Department. During Thursday’s Courtland City Council meeting, the mayor and councilor formally approved the two new firefighters based on a recommendation from Fire Chief Dave Ubel. The department recently ...

Sleepy Eye man faces seven criminal sex charges

NEW ULM — Seven felony criminal sexual conduct charges were filed in three complaints Sept. 29, 2023 in Brown County District Court against a 65-year-old Sleepy Eye man accused of having sexual contact with three teenage girls as long as 33 years ago. Charges against Douglas A. Vanoverbeke, ...

MnDOT delays Highway 14 opening about a month

MANKATO – The opening of Highway 14 from New Ulm to Nicollet to thru-traffic will be delayed by approximately one month, the Minnesota Department of Transportation said today. Originally anticipated to open in mid-October, officials now expect Highway 14 to open to thru-traffic in ...

New Ulm, Sleepy Eye men die in crashes

MORTON — A 36-year-old New Ulm man and a 31-year-old Sleepy Eye man died in separate vehicle crashes in Morton Tuesday night and in Watonwan County Wednesday morning. Jacob Samuel Hawn of New Ulm was driving a 2013 Volkswagon Jetta westbound on TH 19 when it ran off the road at E. Monument ...