🌱 How will Sleepy Eye’s 9.17% tax hike hit your home?

Good morning to you Sleepy Eye! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How will Sleepy Eye’s 9.17% tax hike hit your home?
• Meet the Sleepy Eye neighbors honored for heroic fire rescues.
• Sleepy Eye and beyond remember the life of Edgar “Ed” English

Also on today's calendar: Buddy Holly: OH BOY! and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cloudy, cold; p.m. snow, 1-2", with a high of 20 and low of 12 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Mainly cloudy and breezy, temps: high: 17, low: -8.
• Saturday: A little snow in the morning, with a high of -2 and low of -18 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Sleepy Eye City Council approves 9.17% levy hike (nujournal.com) — Sleepy Eye’s 2026 city budget includes a 9.17% tax levy increase, raising taxes about $7.50 a month on a $150,000 home and $14.50 on a $250,000 home. City leaders say the added revenue will support street projects, public safety, and modest employee raises, while utility write-offs remain unusually low thanks to persistent local collection efforts.
   

• Honored for ‘brave actions' (nujournal.com) — Three Sleepy Eye residents were publicly honored at a City Council meeting for bravely rescuing family members during a deadly May 8 house fire in town. Brothers Max and Lucas Heiderscheidt and Bransten Rehbein-Weber received Outstanding Citizenship Awards for rushing in without training or gear, helping save a three-year-old boy and another relative despite the tragic loss of Katie Rehbein and the home.
   

• Edgar J. English (algona.com) — Sleepy Eye is part of the story of Edgar “Ed” English, who attended school there before graduating from Jeffers and later building a life in trucking across the Upper Midwest. His family will hold a celebration of life this spring, and they invite memorial donations to the American Lung Association in his name.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sleepy Eye

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• Dylan Doyle @ The Grand Kabaret
  The Grand Center for Arts & Culture, 210 N Minnesota St, New Ulm
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 12

• Buddy Holly: OH BOY!
  Sleepy Eye Event Center , 110 12th Ave Ne , Sleepy Eye
  7:30 pm

Saturday December 13

• Holiday Gift Making Camp (Ages 6-10)
  The Grand Center for Arts & Culture , 210 N Minnesota St , New Ulm
  9:00 am

Sunday December 14

• Christmas Concert
  Chapel of the Christ , 1995 Luther Ct , New Ulm
  4:00 pm

Tuesday December 16

• BINGO at the Bierhalle
  August Schell Brewing Co , 1860 Schell's Rd , New Ulm
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Sleepy Eye Auction Market
  Sleepy Eye Auction Market , 211 7th Ave NE , Sleepy Eye
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Brrr...
  it's cold out there! While the temperatures might be icy cold, we've been preparing for them all year. Hear from Stan, Chrissy and Tim on how they’ve… (Nextdoor )

• Kelly Services, Inc. posted a job opening for Sleepy Eye Public Schools Substitute Teacher/Para in Sleepy Eye. Apply here.
• Sleepy Eye School District 84 posted a job opening for Early Childhood Parent Educator- Evening Hours/Classes in Sleepy Eye. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sleepy Eye here.

🗞 Nearby News

New Ulm

• Students wrap Christmas gifts for Optimists Adopt-a-Family (nujournal.com)
• St. Paul's Lutheran share the Christmas story (nujournal.com)

North Mankato

• Crunch time for the Holiday Sharing Tree (mankatofreepress.com)

Windom

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-- The Patch AM Team

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