At their June 22 meeting the Sleepy Eye School Board heard two presentations and approved both—from Tim Harbo on the Long Term Facility Maintenance (LTFM) plan and from Finance Director Amanda Boomgarden on the 2022-23 budget.
It wouldn’t be the 4th of July in Sleepy Eye if you couldn’t get a burger in the park and watch fireworks over the lake at night. No worries—it will be a Sleepy Eye 4th of July on Monday! The Knights of Columbus will have food and beverages at Allison Park from 11 a.m.
The Servicemen’s Club was one of the stops on Saturday, June 25, for the 2Wheels2Heal Motorcycle Run for Mission 22, that originated in North Mankato. The run included 100 motorcycles - quite a sight on the road and in downtown Sleepy Eye. Mission 22 is an organization that supports veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress, Traumatic Brain Injury and other issues. The number 22 refers to the daily loss of veterans to suicide. Submitted
You know the polite Minnesota saying: “well that’s different.” That might be what lots of us are thinking about the lane striping on First Avenue in the one block sections on either side of Main Street.
St. John’s Lutheran Church had a special service on Sunday, June 5 with the installation of Pastor Tim Berg. Pastor Berg and his family have moved to Sleepy Eye from Rapid City, S.D. and are getting settled in to life in Sleepy Eye.
As a member of the Sleepy Eye 150th Anniversary committee, Kathy Krenz offered to organize a car and tractor show to be held during the Sleepy Eye Summerfest celebration. It’s a project she’s organized a few times previously and was happy to bring back for Sleepy Eye.
On June 16, Senator Gary Dahms and Representative Paul Torkelson started their day of meetings in their districts at the Sleepy Eye Event Center. The two state legislators spoke to about a dozen citizens about the recently completed Minnesota Legislative Session.
Twenty-six Sleepy Eye FFA members traveled to Sibley State Park, near New London, from June 6 to 9. Sleepy Eye FFA Advisors, Mary Hoffmann, Katie Emmett, and Paul Hendrickx; Camp Assistants, Morgan Hoffmann and Katelyn Capacia; along with several members from the Tracy and Marshall FFA chapters, attended the camp.
As I write this article, we have had a stretch of hot and humid days. So, first and foremost I want to thank the 28 lifeguards for their hard work and dedication to helping us provide a pool for all of you. Also, a shout out to Matt Week of June 19, 2022 Schmidt and the Park and Rec Dept. for all the entral South Nort time they have put into making sure that the pool is working properly and looking great! As well as everyone at the city office for all you do behind the scenes to help make the pool run th Metro smoothly.
Thirty student athletes on the Sleepy Eye Trap Shooting team competed in the 2022 State Shoot in Alexandria. This event included nine full days of competition involving approximately 7,900 student athletes from over 340 schools.