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The Glencoe-Silver Lake School Board recently approved $640,000 worth of improvements to the district’s school buildings. The first project was awarded to JS Cates of Hamel with a low bid of $520,000 to replace windows …
12 Apr 12
The preparations to close one of the largest employers in the City of Arlington continue. Technical Services for Electronics recently announced that it would closing it’s 13,000 square-foot manufacturing plant in Arlington by the end …
12 Apr 12
SouthPoint Federal Credit Union is helping the Sleepy Eye Area Food Shelf “Pack The Pantry” through the month of April. The food shelf was forced to close it’s doors in February due to a water …
12 Apr 12
KNUJ’s Hometown Hero for the month of April is Pete Eggen of St. James. Eggen has been the driving force behind several annual events in St. James, including the Chamber of Commerce Runs, Freeze Your …
11 Apr 12
The Sleepy Eye City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a $10,000 loan towards a proposed Veterans Park project, and approved the design of the park. The proposal calls for building a Main Street park commemorating …
11 Apr 12
Democratic State Representative Lyle Koenen of Clara City was the winner of the Special Election to fill the District 20 state Senate seat formerly held by the late Senator Gary Kubly on Tuesday. Koenen received …
11 Apr 12
The Brown County Historical Society holds it’s annual Book Sale later this week. Spokesperson Mary Ann Zins says the Book Sale takes place from 9 to 6 on Friday and 9 to 2 Saturday at …
10 Apr 12
Several local-area high school Knowledge Bowl teams will be competing in the state championship later this week, including the Minnesota Valley Lutheran Onyx Team, which won the Regional competition last month. This will be the …
10 Apr 12
The City of Hanska celebrates Norwegian independence this weekend with their annual Syttende Mai celebration. The weekend kicks off with an all-new variety show Friday at 7pm and Saturday at 3:30 and 7 at the …
