Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch

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The Sleepy Eye Area fastpitch 18U softball team won the championship in the St. Peter Tournament last weekend. More »18U softball team wins St. Peter tourney

Sleepy Eye’s VFW 14U baseball season is under way, and the team is hosting a tournament for surrounding area teams this weekend. More »Sleepy Eye 14U baseball tourney this weekend

What you will see in this week's print edition of the Sleepy Eye Herald-Dispatch. More »COMING IN PRINT June 20, 2013

The Miami Heat beat the San Antonio Spurs in overtime Tuesday night, forcing a Game 7. The Heat outscored the Spurs 30-20 in the fourth quarter to tie the game at the end of regulation, and in overtime, … More »Morning Jolt: Heat tops Spurs in OT

Your daily news briefing, with the video of the day, top news and quote of the day. More »Today in the News: Mom and child freed from captivity in Ohio

Click inside to see what you should be watching on the Internet and on TV. More »What to Watch: And ‘The Voice’ winner is …

The Boston Bruins beat the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night 2-0 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Finals. The Bruins got goals from Daniel Paille and Patrice Bergeron in the game, and … More »Morning Jolt: Bruins take 2-1 lead over Blackhawks

Becky Helget of St. James won the $1,000 shopping spree sponsored by Overson Building Center in Sleepy Eye. More »Shopping spree winner

Word of the Day, Website of the Day, Number to Know, This Day in History, Today’s Featured Birthday and Daily Quote. More »Morning Minutes: June 18

Lions President, Ron Peterson receives a plaque as outgoing president for the 2012-13 year. Ron handed over the gravel to newly elected Lions president Dave Haala for 2013-14. More »Lions elect new president Dave Haala

Volunteers helping with the Adopt-a-Highway program pick up 26,000 tons of litter per year, saving the state an estimated $6 million annually, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. More »Volunteers picking up trash save state $6 million annually

Whether it’s getting lab results, reviewing history of prescribed medications, or checking on the next office visit, Mayo Clinic Health System patients now have access to their personal medical information … More »Mayo Clinic patients can now access health info online

The Diocesan Junior High Youth rally was held April 28 at St. Mary’s Church in Sleepy Eye. There were 420 kids and adults in attendance. More »Youth rally held at St. Mary's Church

Sleepy Eye Public School’s Positive Behavior Intervention Support Group, Sleepy Eye Pride, will be hosting an event to promote the positive influence it is having on the school. More »SEPS to host Twlight Swim night June 27

Samuel Wagner will be ordained a deacon for the Diocese of New Ulm on Saturday, June 15 at the Church of St. Mary in Sleepy Eye by the Most Reverend John M. LeVoir, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of New … More »Samuel Wagner to be ordained a deacon for Diocese of NU

Molly Lax, a recent graduate of St. Mary’s High School in Sleepy Eye, is the second place winner of the 2013 Clean Air Choice Biodiesel Essay Scholarship. More »Molly Lax wins biodisesel essay scholarship

Sleepy Eye residents may have noticed some changes taking place at Sleepy Eye Telephone Company. The most notable physical change is the new signage replacing the Sleepy Eye Telephone Company with NU- … More »NU-Telecom holds ribbon cutting

An 18-month-old boy who was told he was going to meet Iron Man cried after meeting Robert Downey Jr., the man behind the mask. Jaxson Denno was "confused because I kept telling him it was Iron Man and … More »Morning Jolt: Boy cries after meeting Robert Downey Jr.

Six whole days with the kiddos under our roof (plus an extra–a friend of Mason’s from International Falls) and so far, so good. More »They're baaaaa-ck!

People in Springfield and Sleepy Eye hoping to lose 10 pounds, maintain their weight or simply make healthier food choices will soon be seeing information to help them at convenience and grocery stores … More »Campaign promotes healthy eating

The Sleepy Eye Post 7 Legion team won their first game of the summer on June 10 when they hosted New Ulm Gold. More »Sleepy Eye Post 7 Legion wins first game

Community Insurance Agency (CIA) owners Ashley and Joe Schieffert along with Dwight DeBoer of Lafayette would like to introduce Laurie Eckstein as their newest agent. Laurie began her duties at CIA on … More »Laurie Eckstein new agent at CIA