Sleepy Eye Community Theater members wowed audiences during their two sold-out shows last Thursday and Friday with their “Broadway and Brews” production at Sleepy Eye Brewing Company. The show featured 19 cast members, including some from New Ulm and Springfield, performing 17 choreographed selections from famous musicals and entertaining more than 80 ticket holders each night.
ST. PAUL – April 11 marked the deadline when most spending bills needed to be approved in a Minnesota legislative committee. State Representative Paul Torkelson (R-Hanska), who chairs the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, said the Minnesota House is on track to have finance bills approved once the legislature returns from the Easter/Passover break.
CherryRoad Media CEO Jeremy Gulban came to Sleepy Eye on Tuesday to speak about the new digitally printed newspaper style that is coming to Sleepy Eye, likely for the first issue in June. Gulban hosted a community meeting at the Sleepy Eye Brewing Company that afternoon where attendees could see samples of the new format and hear about other new initiatives that will be rolled out with the new newspaper.
Hello once again to all the Herald-Dispatch readers. I have been asked to resume writing my monthly EDA articles. So, my intent, starting with this month, is to give everyone an update on EDA related activities and actions that have taken place so far in 2025.
The Brown County Sheriff’s Office issued the following report concerning a collision between a semi truck and train, which occurred east of Sleepy Eye last Friday.
Last Monday the Sleepy Eye elementary principal search committee interviewed six candidates, as listed in last week’s Herald-Dispatch.
Just two weeks ago the Herald-Dispatch brought you the story of Nebraskan Seth Varner, who has been traveling throughout area states the past several years, taking photos in every town and sharing them on Facebook and in books published by his company, Wandermore Publishing LLC.
The Knights of Columbus and the Sleepy Eye community used the power of pancakes to rally around the Hoffman family on Sunday, March 30.
It’s an annual rite of spring — warm windy days take out the winter ice on Sleepy Eye Lake and I ask Ron Zinniel for the “ice out” date. His dad, Joe Zinniel, started jotting down the ice out date in 1988. That year it came out early, on March 1 (maybe that’s what inspired Joe to start his list).
After hearing local county concerns about outdated human services software, State Representative Paul Torkelson (R-Hanska), who chairs the powerful Minnesota House Ways and Means Committee, said he is exploring ways to repurpose state funds to assist local agencies.