June 2025

Haala plays in All-Star Series

Sleepy Eye Public School’s Paige Haala closed out an impressive high school softball career with being selected to compete in the 36th Minnesota Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Star Series, a competition that selects the best senior softball players in the state. This year’s event took place on Sunday, June 8 at Mankato’s Caswell Park and featured two games each for Class A through Class AAAA.

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Sleepy Eye GFWC Woman’s Club

The Sleepy Eye Woman’s Club met at the SEMC on June 17. The focus of the meeting was health and wellness. Abby Schwartz gave a presentation about her job as an occupational therapist. Club members were given a tour of the facility including the new pediatric gym. Members were introduced to Dynavision D2, a multi-sensory board used to evaluate and treat a patient’s visual, motor, and cognitive skills.

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Trying to recover from tragic house fire

Driving by 700 Third Avenue NE shows a standing house, but the inside tells a different story. Blackened beams poke through where drywall used to be, and charred insulation hangs raggedly from the smoke-stained walls. The fire was greedy about what it took, turning the Rehbein family’s belongings into unrecognizable clumps of ash. Everything, from family heirlooms to baby photos, was destroyed.

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