Kya Krzmarzick and John Miller strike a pose during the St. Mary’s Prom Grand March on Saturday, April 23. The theme for the evening was Mystical Gardens. Prom attendees went to 5:30 Mass, followed by the Grand March in the school auditorium. They then went to the Sleepy Eye Event Center for the Prom dinner and dance, followed by the after party. See more Prom photos on page 12. Photos submitted
Marie Dauer, a resident at Divine Providence Community Home, was born on April 17, 1917 and has lived through so much, including two world wars. This faith-filled New Ulm native was one of 10 children raised by Herbet and Mathilda (Seifert) Theissen at 802 N. Franklin in New Ulm. She was united in marriage to Paul Dauer on October 16, 1939 at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. The couple raised five children: Margaret (Joseph Moran of Centennial, Colorado), John (Yolanda Perez of San Antonio, Texas), Tom (Kathy Dauer of Spokane, Washington), James (Dr. Susan Tiegs of Albany, Oregon), and Peter (Patty Dauer of Entiat, Washington).
About 80 students at Sleepy Eye Public School were able to receive a free bicycle Tuesday afternoon. The bikes were provided by Allina Health and New Ulm Medical Center, which partner with Free Bikes 4 Kidz MN, a nonprofit organization geared toward helping all kids experience the joy of riding a bike, by providing bikes to those who might not be able to afford one. Allina locations, like NUMC, collect donated bikes in the fall and they are refurbished and ready to donate in the spring. The school was able to invite qualifying families to sign up to receive bikes and Tuesday was the big day they were delivered to the school for pick up by parents. The project has existed for several years and this year NUMC partnered with Sleepy Eye Schools, Pro Kinship for Kids, and the Ivy House, to distribute 100 bikes to Brown County youth. Pictured after unloading the bikes into the shop behind school are six high school students who volunteered to help and (at right) Superintendent John Cselovszki and John Pappenfus of Allina.
The Sleepy Eye FFA Members of the Month for March are Austin Uecker, Sophie Kyllonen, Alex Confer. Adam Johnson is Officer of the Month.
Staff from the DNR Hutchinson Area Fisheries Office stocked 300 brown trout and 300 rainbow trout in both Fort Ridgely Creek, in Fort Ridgely State Park and Spring Creek, in Brown County, about 2.5 miles south of the park, on April 12. Pictured is fisheries technician Hannah Anema releasing fish. Minnesota’s trout season opened on April 16. Submitted
SouthPoint Financial Credit Union donated $2,500 to the Legion’s Huey helicopter project. Pictured from left: Rick Mages, Legion; Kurk Kramer, EDA; and Tiffany Ludewig, Mollie Beranek, and Max Meine of SouthPoint. Submitted
The 2021-2022 school year will be ending in May. The year has nearly been normal with classes in person everyday unless there was inclement weather and most scheduled activities were held with a few things needing to be rescheduled. The weather has not been very conducive to the spring sports schedule during April so many meets and games will happen in May.
There should be a lot less street and utility construction going on here in Sleepy Eye this summer. We have no large construction projects planned for this summer. There will be a few smaller projects going on here in town. As soon as the weather permits the bike trail around the lake will be getting crack repairs done and then a new fog seal will be put on it. We will be doing some smaller asphalt surface repairs throughout town, most of which will be a mill and overlay of the street surface.
The Brown County Historical Society invites the public to Lunch and a Bite of History on Thursday, May 5, Noon to 1 p.m. at the Brown County Museum Annex. Featured speaker, Megan Schnitker, will present, “A Story of Local Native Plants.”
Madison Mathiowetz and Jacob Stevens make the breezy walk from church to school for the Grand March. Family time - Liz Schwint and little sister Joanna smile for the camera.