The Servicemen’s Club was one of the stops on Saturday, June 25, for the 2Wheels2Heal Motorcycle Run for Mission 22, that originated in North Mankato. The run included 100 motorcycles - quite a sight on the road and in downtown Sleepy Eye. Mission 22 is an organization that supports veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress, Traumatic Brain Injury and other issues. The number 22 refers to the daily loss of veterans to suicide. Submitted
It wouldn’t be the 4th of July in Sleepy Eye if you couldn’t get a burger in the park and watch fireworks over the lake at night. No worries—it will be a Sleepy Eye 4th of July on Monday! The Knights of Columbus will have food and beverages at Allison Park from 11 a.m.
At their June 22 meeting the Sleepy Eye School Board heard two presentations and approved both—from Tim Harbo on the Long Term Facility Maintenance (LTFM) plan and from Finance Director Amanda Boomgarden on the 2022-23 budget.
Twas perspective I was looking for as the team drove into our farmyard unannounced. The long laddered truck ready to hoist the young men and their chainsaws was telltale of what was soon to go down, or rather, what must come down—depending upon your perspective.
Julia Helget, St. Mary’s Knights softball player, was selected as a 2022 All-Star Player for the Minnesota Fastpitch Coaches Association’s All-Star Series. Twenty-two senior players from each Class (A, AA, AAA, AAAA) were selected for this honor.
I was among the millions of people who flocked to movie theaters recently to see “Top Gun: Maverick.” It’s one of the best movies I’ve seen in a few years. My friend Lt.
Oh, the things we must learn to accept. I’m not so sure we’ve all really accepted that we no longer have a stop light on Main Street and First Avenue and now we have to accept that the driving lanes on First Avenue in downtown are just plain weird.
You know the polite Minnesota saying: “well that’s different.” That might be what lots of us are thinking about the lane striping on First Avenue in the one block sections on either side of Main Street.
SLEEPY EYE CHURCHES Calvary Baptist Church, Pastor Phil Siefkes, 794-6048, 220 4th Ave. SW, calvary-answers.org Sunday Service - 10:45 a.m.
Kay Holbrook, 77, of Sibley, Iowa died Saturday, June 18, 2022, at her home in Sibley, Iowa. Memorial services will be 11 a.m.