Sleepy Eye FFA members of the month are Trevor Rathman, Gavin Fischer, and Andrew Ramos; Officer of the Month is Chloe Howe. Trevor Rathman is an 8th grader at Sleepy Eye Public School and has been in the FFA for two years.
Greetings from the Dyckman Free Library. We hope everyone had a good book to read while they waited out the blizzard last week.
Sleepy Eye Elementary students held a donation drive for the Sleepy Eye Food Shelf the past several weeks. Pictured is the second grade class with the results - a “Giant Check” for $1,380.69 - the amount donated to the food shelf.
2023 will bring exciting changes in the lives of the owners of Sturm Funeral Homes — Jay Van Sickle and Justin Asmus. On Dec. 30, Van Sickle will officially retire and sell his ownership of the business to Justin and Jennifer Asmus. Van Sickle has been with Sturm Funeral Homes since 1994 when he moved to Sleepy Eye to manage the funeral home. Justin Asmus joined the funeral home in 2000 in Springfield after completing his education at the University of Minnesota. Van Sickle and Asmus purchased six funeral homes, including Sleepy Eye, Springfield, St. James, Mt. Lake, Comfrey, and Lamberton, from Ron and Sharon Sturm in 2004. In 2009, they acquired and merged Pease Funeral Home in St. James and in 2011, they purchased Pilgrim Funeral Home in Madelia.
The L.A. Amundson Ohana Foundation, through First Security Bank, recently presented a $20,000 donation to the Sleepy Eye Sportmen’s Club for the addition to their building at the Trap Range. Bank staff and club members are pictured, from left: Matt Wagner, Larry Evers, Jenna Johannsen, Julie Mathiowetz, Jade Prins, Julie Rasmussen, Jim Fischer, and Brenda Schroepfer. Submitted
For many of us the holiday season is drawing to a close and we are preparing to kick start the New Year. Although it is a great joy to gather with friends and family around the holidays, there is a sense of relief in the air when we can finally just get back to the routine of normal everyday life. We settle into the comfort of quiet nights spent at home with our kids, the camaraderie of our co-workers at our job, the conversations about the weather at the coffee shop or the card table, and for the kids - a chance to hang out with friends at school and practice. There is a sense of relief and anticipation to get back to “normal life.”
Calvary Baptist Church, Pastor Phil Siefkes, 794-6048, 220 4th Ave. SW, calvary-answers.org Sunday Service - 10:45 a.m.
Evelyn Mathiowetz, 98, of Sleepy Eye died on December 27, 2022, at Divine Providence Community Home in Sleepy Eye. Visitation will be on Saturday, December 31, 2022, from 10 to 11…
Kraig Lyn Boyle, 48, husband and father, passed from this life to the next on December 23, 2022. Kraig was on his way to see Jesus in the Most Blessed…
Dorothy Raymond Neuman, 94, of Sleepy Eye died on December 18, 2022, at Sleepy Eye Medical Center in Sleepy Eye. Visitation will be on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, from 4 to…