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Sleepy Eye elementary principal finalists named

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye Public School Superintendent John Cselovszki revealed elementary principal finalist candidates to the school board Tuesday. The finalists are New Richland Hartland Ellendale Geneva Schools Teaching & Learning Coordinator Jason Toupence, Granada Huntley East Chain Schools Agriculture Instructor/FFA Advisor and Sleepy Eye native McKenzie Wagelie, Kimball Elementary Principal Joel Timmerman, and Fridley High School Assistant Principal Mark Jacobs. “The hiring committee reviewed nine applicants and offered four candidates an interview opportunity,” Cselovszki ...

NU welcomes German playwright, wife ahead of play premiere

NEW ULM — Playwright Erich Becker and his wife, American professional harpist Valerie Cribbs, received a welcome reception at State Street Theater, Tuesday. The welcome comes ahead of the North American premiere of Becker’s play, “A Life for the Revolution” The play tells the story ...

‘Definitely a rare scenario’

NEW ULM — Blowing dust in Minnesota and northern Iowa could be seen from a satellite over the Earth, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) Tuesday. The NWS issued a blowing dust advisory as wind gusts were measured at 50 mph in Hanska, 48 mph in St. James, 46 mph in Olivia and 45 mph in New Ulm and Olivia, according to NWS Meteorologist Brent Hewett in Chanhassen. “That’s the first time the NWS issued a blowing dust advisory that I can remember,” said Brown County Emergency Management Director Shawn Stoermann. “Conditions were perfect for a dust storm with the ...

Stimpert donates antique barrel labels to Sleepy Eye

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 ...

SEMC named among top 20 critical care access hospitals

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 ...

Ticket to walk

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 ...