Patients will soon be able to undergo cardiac stress tests once again at Sleepy Eye Medical Center thanks to money raised by the Spirit of Giving Gala 2024.The fundraiser, which is organized by the medical center and the Sleepy Eye Healthcare Foundation and held every other year, collected $178,295 through its auctions, sponsorships, ticket sales and other donations.
As we transition into winter, I would like to remind everyone about the parking ordinances in town, both on a normal day and when a snow emergency is declared.
Safety improvements that were made a few years ago to a dangerous stretch of Highway 14 east of Sleepy Eye near County Road 10 and Christensen Farms lowered the crash rate there to a frequency that’s now considered below average.Those rates don’t include near-misses, however, and one such close call a couple of months ago helped prompt more action by MnDOT, Brown County Commissioner Brian Braun told the Sleepy Eye City Council recently.
A former Sleepy Eye Public School student was killed last week when he was struck by a vehicle in northern Minnesota, the Minnesota State Patrol reported.Dennis Kage Anderson, 19, of Biscay was struck while attempting to cross a road in Hibbing, according to the State Patrol crash report and a Facebook statement by New Century Academy, a Hutchinson school that said Anderson graduated there in May 2024.“Dennis was a beloved student and friend of many,” the Facebook post said.
Nora Hoffmann, playing Scuttle in St.
Andrew Ramos felt unease set in a few years ago over the thought that he might be losing his grasp on Spanish.“I was scared of me forgetting my own language,” he recalled.
A support group for family members of alcoholics wants the public to know it is still active, though the time and place of its meetings are changing, at least temporarily, as it looks to build its numbers.Sleepy Eye’s Al-Anon group, which has been meeting weekly at Krenz Real Estate on Main Street, is moving its sessions to join a New Ulm group that meets at 6:30 p.m.
A little more than a month in to his move to Sleepy Eye, Zachary Sippert has found a warm welcome as the new pastor of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church.“We have felt nothing but absolute love and support from the congregation, and we’ve enjoyed the town so far and look forward to getting to know the community better,” he said.