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Filing period to run for City Council, School Board opens soon
People wishing to serve on the City Council or School Board – or who want to be Sleepy Eye’s next mayor – have a two-week window beginning July 30 to file their candidacy for the November ballot.Two of five Council seats and the mayor’s non-voting position are up for election this fall.
Spillover effect
Every year in July, the Sleepy Eye Fire Department unrolls and pressurizes all of its water lines to check for leaks.
Stricter cell phone policy coming to SEPS
Sleepy Eye Public School is further clamping down on cell phone use by students in response to frustrations over the trouble they cause and how much they detract from learning throughout the day.Students in 7th through 12th grades will no longer be able to use their phones between classes or during mid-morning break.
Man sentenced in child sex abuse case, other allegations arise
Rural Sleepy Eye resident Gary Allen Thoms was sentenced Monday to 90 months in prison for sexually assaulting a child relative about 14 years ago.Thoms, 70, 25189 Hwy 4 North, accepted an agreement with prosecutors in June to plead guilty to criminal sexual conduct in the second degree.
Local woman still in critical condition after crash with grain truck
Patricia “Pat” Peterson had wanted badly to be back home in Sleepy Eye.
“American Pickers” to Film in Minnesota
The American Pickers are excited to return to Minnesota.
Farmers Union Annual Convention on July 22
The combined Brown and Watonwan County Farmers Union Annual Convention is Monday, July 22, at Comfrey Bar & Grill.The event begins with a social and meal at 5:30 p.m., followed by a speaker at 6:30 p.m.
LOOKING UP: After renovation, second floor of 126-year-old building opens for events and rentals
Sleepy Eye’s newest view comes from one of its oldest buildings, a panorama that stretches from grain elevators to Main Street to a swath of green tree canopy flowing over the neighborhoods beyond.The man who made it happen can see groups reclining and mingling there in the future, enjoying each other’s company and taking in the small town scene.