Several weeks ago we reported on a new style and format that CherryRoad Media is bringing to a number of its newspapers around the country. Our group in southern Minnesota is the next to go to the new digital printing method, starting with the June 5 edition.
Our nation just celebrated the 250th anniversary of the “shot heard round the world.” That was fired at Concord to begin the Revolutionary War. For baseball fans, the “shot heard round the world” was also Bobby Thompson’s homerun to win the pennant for the New York Giants in 1951.
On the evening of May 20, 2025, Sleepy Eye Police Department was contacted by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office and the department was informed that the adult victim, Katie Rehbein, had died as a result of her injuries that were sustained on May 8, 2025, in a residential fire that occurred in the City of Sleepy Eye.
Winning bidder at the Brown County Sheriff’s sale May 13
The Sleepy Eye City Council’s May 13 meeting agenda included this eye-catching item: Discussion on a request from a community group wishing to help build a splash pad.
The River Valley Wildcats Track and Field Team, a co-op featuring students from Sleepy Eye Public, St. Mary’s, Springfield and Cedar Mountain, won the Tomahawk-Valley Conference girls team championship last week, while the boys finished third. The meet was held on the track in Sleepy Eye.
People ask me if Jesus was a good moral teacher, if he lived his life as an example for us to follow. The answer to both statements is yes, but Jesus was so much more than a teacher or an example; Jesus is the Son of God.
Many awards were presented to the active members and leaders of the Sleepy Eye FFA Chapter at the Awards Program held on May 4. This is the second part of an article about the awards program, continuing from last week’s article.
Sleepy Eye High School seniors were recently presented with the following awards and scholarships.
The quiet early morning of May 8 in Sleepy Eye, was punctured by the sounds of firetruck and ambulance sirens at 7 a.m. in response to a house fire in the 700 block of 3rd Avenue NE. Sleepy Eye Police Department and the Brown County Sheriff’s Office were also dispatched to the scene.