June 2024

Man charged with sending sexual Snapchat messages to girl

A 36-year-old Sleepy Eye man faces felony charges on accusations he sent sexually explicit messages via Snapchat to a girl who told him she was 12 when they first met at a local restaurant.The case against Shawn James Severson involves messages that police recovered in May with a search warrant for Severson’s and the girl’s Snapchat accounts, according to a criminal complaint filed last week in Brown County District Court.

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Center stage

Some of the area’s smallest sluggers took to the city’s biggest field Sunday for the Sleepy Eye Baseball Association’s annual Day at the Park.

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Relay takes second at state

River Valley’s 4x400m girls relay team had plenty to be proud of after its second-place finish last week at the Class A State Track Championships – and it gave spectators of their last race plenty to cheer.The Wildcats ran so close with eventual winner Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball that it seemed half the crowd at the track in St.

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