Woman’s Club discusses prairie restoration, pollinators
The Sleepy Eye Woman’s Club met on Tuesday, June 18, at the home of Mary Gangelhoff.
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Landowners, others interested in agriculture and conservation invited to offer input at meeting
The Brown Soil and Water Conservation District and the Natural Resources Conservation Service office of Brown County are holding a Local Work Group meeting to seek input on conservation priorities in our region.
No Heartland Express on July 4
Brown County Heartland Express will not be operating on Thursday, July 4. Its phone lines will be open until 3 p.m. on July 3 for rides… Login to continue reading Login…
Budget shortfall prompts talk of school funding referendum
Sleepy Eye residents could be asked to increase taxpayer support for their public school through a referendum in the next couple of years as the district faces shortfalls of several hundred thousand dollars in its operating budget.Superintendent John Cselovszki told Sleepy Eye School Board members last week that the district’s reserves are healthy enough to fill such gaps for the time being, but they will likely need to ask for help from voters eventually.
SEPS gets extra year as Indians
Sleepy Eye Public will remain the Indians until fall 2026 – one year longer than anticipated – after the state legislature extended its deadline for Minnesota’s public schools to end their use of American Indian names and imagery for mascots.Sleepy Eye’s sports teams will become the Storm when that new deadline kicks in.
Wonka Awaits
Upcoming locally.Tell us about an event: dforster@cherryroad.comSleepy Eye Community Theater presents: ‘Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory’June 27, 28, 29 at 7 p.m.June 30 at 2 p.m.St.
Group’s first fundraising goal: Beautify Sleepy Eye monument
The board of the new Sleepy Eye Regional Foundation on Tuesday decided its first project will be to improve and beautify the grounds around the Chief Sleepy Eye obelisk monument.The group anticipates needing to raise as much as $10,000 or more for the work, which in one landscaper’s proposal would feature new colored concrete around the monument, flowing walkways with curved edges, and rock beds with decorative grasses and other plants.Currently, the city-owned site conveys a weathered, barren look, with old sidewalks, a worn bench and a patch of lilies the only vegetation besides lawn grass around the large granite obelisk where the Sisseton Dakota chief is buried.“It looks tired,” said Sara Hornbrook, a foundation board member who also serves on the board of the Sleepy Eye Area Historical Society, which supports the beautification proposal.Sleepy Eye Regional Foundation board members are preparing to launch their fundraising efforts after re-establishing themselves following a period of inactivity and lapsed IRS status by the foundation’s defunct predecessor, the Sleepy Eye Area Foundation.
Sleepy Eye Family Aquatic Center news
As I write this article, it is raining, and we have had a stretch of rainy days.
Man charged with sending sexual Snapchat messages to girl
A 36-year-old Sleepy Eye man faces felony charges on accusations he sent sexually explicit messages via Snapchat to a girl who told him she was 12 when they first met at a local restaurant.The case against Shawn James Severson involves messages that police recovered in May with a search warrant for Severson’s and the girl’s Snapchat accounts, according to a criminal complaint filed last week in Brown County District Court.