NEW ULM — Hundreds of people of all ages got a slice of working farm life at the Steve and Kerry Hoffman farm Thursday. Sponsored by the Farm-City Hub Club, Family Night on a Farm was nothing new to the Hoffmans. They have hosted the event many times since it began in 2007. The free event ...

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye Community Theater Junior presents “Descendants the Musical!” July 24-25 in the Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s School Auditorium. Based on Disney Channel movies, the musical is a fun, high-energy stage show, following the teenage children of iconic villains Maleficent, ...

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye Public School fees and rates will climb slightly for the 2026-27 school year. The District 84 School Board unanimously approved new rates and fees Thursday. Superintendent John Cselovszki said rates and fees were increased only to cover increased costs. Athletic ...

SLEEPY EYE - Emergency teams conducted a joint training drill Wednesday evening on Sleepy Eye Lake that simulated a multi-casualty boat crash. The exercise involved six victims, five injured and one missing.  Firefighters, police, ambulance personnel, and Sleepy Eye Medical Center staff ...

NEW ULM – Republican candidate for Governor, Lisa Demuth, spoke during a candidate townhall during the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC) conference in New Ulm on Thursday. In addressing the CGMC members, many of whom come from small communities throughout Minnesota, she stressed ...

NEW ULM — A 44-year-old Springfield woman originally charged with 14 criminal sex counts was sentenced to five years, four months in prison in Brown County District Court July 13. Sarah Marie Riederer was convicted of one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. She pled guilty to the ...