A workplace accident at the Balchem plant in Sleepy Eye resulted in severe, life-threatening burns for an area man who now faces a long and difficult recovery while his family and friends rally around him.Juan Montemayor, 51, suffered second- and third-degree burns over about 65 percent of his body when he was scalded by 200-degree water at the plant, formerly known as SensoryEffects, around 3:30 a.m.
A former Sleepy Eye pastor was giving emotional support to a girl at his church around the time their relationship turned sexual, but there was no evidence she sought spiritual help from him, a judge found in dismissing the criminal case against the man.That distinction was at the center of Brown County District Judge Robert Docherty’s written explanation for dismissing the charges against Nathan Luong, who faced three felony counts for his relations with the girl, who prosecutors alleged was 17 when they began having sex in 2019 or 2020.
The high winds that lashed Sleepy Eye on May 6 split this tree in half on the 200 block of Linden Street southwest, sending part of it onto Jim Windschitl’s car.
The Brown County DFL will hold its annual picnic on Tuesday, June 18, starting at 5:30 p.m.
Douglas Allan VanOverbeke, 66, of Sleepy Eye was sentenced Monday in Brown County District Court to 20 years in prison for three sexual assault cases that spanned decades and involved three victims whom he knew and who were children when the crimes occurred.Judge Robert Docherty issued the sentence that prosecutors had agreed to as part of a plea agreement that VanOverbeke accepted last month.
Christina Andres, executive director of the Sleepy Eye Area Chamber of Commerce, has graduated from the Institute for Organization Management, the professional development program of the U.S.
Brown County Heartland Express and Hermann Express will operate their normal hours on Wednesday June 19th in honor of Juneteenth.
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An optimistic vision to redevelop one of Sleepy Eye’s most historic buildings has, nearly a decade later, gone nowhere.This report on the old Berg Hotel, at the southeast corner of Main Street and Second Avenue West, is the first in a summer-long series by the Herald-Dispatch that will explore the current status, ownership and plans – if any – for prominent, unoccupied commercial properties in Sleepy Eye.The Berg Hotel at 145 Main St.