Midsummer salute
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July 2024
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Filing period to run for City Council, School Board opens soon
People wishing to serve on the City Council or School Board – or who want to be Sleepy Eye’s next mayor – have a two-week window beginning July 30 to file their candidacy for the November ballot.Two of five Council seats and the mayor’s non-voting position are up for election this fall.
Spillover effect
Every year in July, the Sleepy Eye Fire Department unrolls and pressurizes all of its water lines to check for leaks.
Stricter cell phone policy coming to SEPS
Sleepy Eye Public School is further clamping down on cell phone use by students in response to frustrations over the trouble they cause and how much they detract from learning throughout the day.Students in 7th through 12th grades will no longer be able to use their phones between classes or during mid-morning break.
Only God is eternal
As I write this article, we as a nation are coming to grips with the apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump.
College News
The following students from Sleepy Eye were among over 1,500 students who graduated after the spring 2024 semester at South Dakota State University: Ryan Hoffman, Bachelor of Science, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Lauren Hoffmann, Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Collin Ludewig, Bachelor of Science, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions; Madeline Jo Richert, Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science in SDSU’s College of Education and Human Sciences.
Sports Out of the Past
60 years ago - July 16, 1964Golf News - Thirty-four members were present for the Ladies Day dessert and coffee Tuesday.
Sleepy Eye FFA Alumni receives $5,000 grant
The National FFA Organization awarded a $5,000 FFA Alumni and Supporters Give Back to Your Roots Grant to Sleepy Eye FFA Alumni.
News from the Chief: Scooter safety
I wrote an article about the rules of electric foot scooter use a few years ago.