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FORMER DEL MONTE PLANT IN $12.5M LAWSUIT
A bank is suing the owner of the former Del Monte plant in Sleepy Eye, alleging default on an $11.5 million loan and requesting the property be sold by the sheriff to recover some of its losses, which include an additional $1 million in fees, according to the complaint.The court case throws into question future ownership of the facility, which closed in 2019 as a major local employer and canning factory for generations of sweet corn and pea growers before finding a new use two years later by a company that makes and distributes dog treats.The lawsuit, filed Aug.
Three years in, dog treat company still shipping out of Sleepy Eye location
By Dave Forster dforster@cherryroad.com Chasing Our Tails’ expansion to Sleepy Eye in 2021 came amid a time of heady press for the company. Pet treat… Login to continue reading Login…
Performing at the fair
The five-day Brown County Free Fair included public performances by 4-H children on the festival’s opening night last week.
New SEPS music teacher resigns before school starts
The K-12 vocal music instructor who Sleepy Eye Public administrators hired in May for the coming school year resigned last week amid rising scrutiny over his social media presence and podcast.Josh Domeier told the Herald-Dispatch by text over the weekend the school district did not force his resignation, “but it would have come if not already pending as i was asked to abandon my podcast.”Domeier, a SEPS alum from the class of 2000, was hired in May to fill a vacancy for the school’s music teacher position.
Summerfest returns this weekend
The city’s annual summer celebration is back with a lineup of concerts, food, games and more, highlighted by the parade at 6 p.m.
36 attend challenged ride event
The Golden Rose Riders 4-H Club, volunteers from 4-H Clubs in Brown County, Blue Earth County, and additional horse enthusiasts helped host an annual ride earlier this summer for kids in the area with disabilities or challenges.The event consisted of learning how to brush, lead and pet a horse and feeding the horse treats.
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Hundreds of hours. Thousands of records. Man with local ties did the legwork for others’ cemetery research
As treasurer and record keeper at Sleepy Eye’s Home Cemetery, Jane Fischer was accustomed to calls from folks researching their family history.‘Is so-and-so buried there?’ they’d ask.To confirm, she’d open one of her filing boxes, pick through the old index cards containing the life and death details for some 4,000 people and provide whatever details she could.That was a typical inquiry.Then there was Gary Schroeder.He wasn’t interested in just one of those cards.