Farmers group to host talk on climate change
The Brown County Farmers Union is hosting a meeting on climate resiliency for farmers and other interested citizens.“Surviving Climate Change...Along for the Ride” will be held at 7 p.m.
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Easter Egg hunt 10 a.m. Saturday
The annual Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by Sleepy Eye Medical Center and SouthPoint Financial Credit Union will start at 10 a.m.
Storm to replace Indians at SEPS
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Overhaul of SEMC physical therapy space approved
Hospital Board members gave final approval last week to remodel and expand Sleepy Eye Medical Center’s physical therapy area, putting the project on a path to completion by late summer.A centerpiece of the revamped department will be a pediatric gym with a climbing wall and a ceiling rail for pediatric swings that can be used for sensory integration training, said Jamie Pendergast, SEMC’s Rehab Department manager.
Rec center? Surveys to come by mail in May
A representative for the company that will ask area residents if they want a community rec center built near Sleepy Eye Public School said it is almost never wrong when it comes to predicting whether a bond referendum will pass.First, though, Wisconsin-based School Perceptions will help local officials decide if there’s enough interest to push the idea from concept to ballot measure.
Apartment contractor fined for stormwater violations
The general contractor that built the new Sleepy Eye Apartments has been fined $14,475 for stormwater violations that state inspectors found during construction.Alliance Building Corporation failed to prevent liquid washout of waste and failed to identify corrective actions on the project, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said Monday in a release.
SEMC mostly avoids impacts of cyberattack
Sleepy Eye Medical Center has seen minimal impacts from the Change Healthcare cyberattack that has disrupted payments and operations for hospitals and other providers across the country, SEMC Administrator Todd Consbruck said.The attack created delays in some of SEMC’s electronic remittances – what the center uses to post payments – but staff have a workaround to retrieve that info until the delays are resolved, according to a summary provided by Consbruck.Otherwise, SEMC has seen “minimal impact to payments – that we know of,” the summary said.Elsewhere, the attack has impacted payments to hospitals, physicians, pharmacists and other health care providers across the country, leaving many providers to worry about their ability to offer care in the absence of timely payments, the U.S.
NO BATTER GUY
Sleepy Eye Lions Club members took a few minutes during their annual waffle fundraiser Sunday to recognize the “heart beat” of their group – Russ Sorensen – with the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award, the organization’s highest honor, for his decades of humanitarian service.Sorensen, a Lion’s member since 1980, has chaired the waffle feed and its predecessor, the pancake breakfast at the Orchid Inn, since the event’s inception more than 40 years ago, Tom Larson told the crowd at the Sleepy Eye Public School cafeteria.“I guarantee you that you’ve always seen the same face at the door, greeting you and collecting money,” Larson said.Sorensen has also served as the group’s treasurer for more than three decades and is in charge of collecting old glasses for people in developing countries, among his many other Lions duties.
Food Shelf celebrates Rose’s 90th
Josie Rose, a founding member and former president of the Sleepy Eye Area Food Shelf, was among the volunteers helping sort and distribute donations on Monday, days before her 90th birthday on March 21.
Out of the Past
50 years ago - March 21, 1974Forty-two candidates will vie for the title of Miss Sleepy Eye when the annual coronation pageant is held at the Orchid Inn Sunday, June 16.