SLEEPY EYE — The Sleepy Eye City Council accepted a donation of two framed, Sleepy Eye Milling Co. flour barrel labels from Lillian Stimpert Tuesday. “All of you know (her husband) Merton Arnold ‘Bud’ (Stimpert). Bud was a collector of many things,” she told the city council. “I ...
SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye Medical Center (SEMC) was recently named on of the top 20 critical access hospitals in the U.S. for patient satisfaction. Selected among 1,367 critical access hospitals by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA), the recognition is regarded as one of the highest distinctions a rural hospital can receive for how it serves patients and area community. A Critical Access Hospital is a designation given by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to eligible rural hospitals, designed to reduce financial vulnerability and improve access to care. They must ...
NEW ULM - On May 6, students from Jefferson Elementary, New Ulm Middle School, River Bend, St. Anthony and St. Paul all participated in the annual spring Walk to School Day. The Heart of New Ulm’s Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Action Team promotes Walk or Bike to School Day every fall and ...
NEW ULM – After seven years, the New Ulm Economic Development Authority has chosen to discontinue its Small Business Incentive Grant program. The Small Business Incentive Grant program started in 2019 to support new small businesses in New Ulm with their start-up expenses during their first year of operation. The grant reimburses owners for eligible expenses up to $10,000 per business. Each year, $50,000 is allocated to the program, with a total of five businesses funded. EDA Director Heather Bregel said the incentive grant began as a pre-COVID measure to spur new small businesses in ...
NEW ULM — On Friday, May 8, local motivational speaker Ann Vote challenged herself to walk for 12-hours. Vote was inspired to do this after seeing an Instagram video of someone attempting the challenge and after reading “The 12-Hour Walk” by Colin O’Brady. In O’Brady’s book he ...
NEW ULM – The 11th Annual Citizens Bank Race 2 Raise 5K was held Saturday morning with 135 runners. The 5K began in the Citizens Bank Minnesota parking lot and followed a route south on Minnesota Street to 16th S. Street, turned east to the bike track and concluded back at German ...
