Celebrating five generations, the Steffensmeiers posed for a Christmas Eve Day photo. In the center is great great grandma Gladys Steffensmeier of Sleepy Eye holding Brixxon Weber. To the left is Brixxon's dad Cody Gent of Morgan, and to the right are grandma Krista Gent of New Ulm and great grandpa Lynn Steffensmeier of Morgan. SUBMITTED
Minnesota State University, Mankato awarded 2,276 degrees to 1,941 students at the end of the fall 2021 semester on Dec. 11 in Taylor Center's Bresnan Arena on the Minnesota State Mankato campus. The following students from Sleepy Eye were among the graduates: Ann Berkner, BS, Marketing; Crystal Ibberson, SPEC, Educational Leadership; Mya Ibberson, BS, Exercise Science; Sarah Lendt, EDD, Counselor Education & Supervision.
Minnesota Farmers Union praised the Biden-Harris administration for dedicating $1 billion to expand independent processing capacity. “COVID-19 laid bare the fact that our meat processing system is too consolidated,” said Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) President Gary Wertish.
I've had this column on my mind for the past week. I couldn't get away from the fact that this is the January 6 paper. I felt I couldn't ignore what happened one year ago. Then sometimes I would think to myself: "do you really want to bring that up and get angry comments?"
In his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “Profiles of Courage,” U.S. President John F.
The Indians girls basketball team played in the Borch’s Holiday Classic varsity invitational at SMSU on Dec. 29.
The Eagles boys hockey team played in the Fergus Falls Holiday Classic last week, with games on Dec. 28.
KOFFEE KUP, Dec. 30—HIGH GAME: Gloria Engholm 166, Jan Seidl 166, Ardelle Domeier 153. HIGH SERIES: Jan Seidl 449, Gloria Engholm 439, Ardelle Domeier 429. HIGH TEAM GAME: Hills 395. SERIES: Yuban 1,139. STANDINGS: Yuban 73-39; Butternut 68-44; Hills 64-48.
The Eagles girls hockey team played in the two day tournament at Bernick's Arena in Sartell on Dec. 28 and 29, coming back with a win and a loss.
St. Mary’s Catholic School held their 40th Alumni and Friends Basketball Tournament on Jan. 1. The 2005-2006 team won the tournament, defeating the 1995-2000 team with a score of 37-30. The winning team, front from left: Willy Mangen, Andrew Woitas with Olivia Woitas, Chris Ibberson and Jackson Bohnen. Back: Scott Mangen, Justin Jensen, Alan Woitas, and Jacob Bohnen. PROVIDED