Newsletter-Late-Week

Mayor’s Message — building permits and parks budget

The following information is from the Planning and Zoning department at the City Office: There is a new process to apply for building permits. Getting to the link for the application is still the same, go to our website at sleepyeye-mn.com, on the Home page scroll down to the icon area, look under Doing Business for Services, then Permits. On the permit page click on Building Permit Information & Application. On the Building Permit page scroll down to BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION. This gets you to a new portal, called Civic Review, to apply for building permits.

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Time for track repair

Sleepy Eye Public School is undergoing a roughly two-week project to have its track resurfaced due to age-related damage. Patch jobs have been accomplished as recently as spring of 2024, but superintendent John Cselovszki said that a more long-term solution has become necessary.

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Haala plays in All-Star Series

Sleepy Eye Public School’s Paige Haala closed out an impressive high school softball career with being selected to compete in the 36th Minnesota Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Star Series, a competition that selects the best senior softball players in the state. This year’s event took place on Sunday, June 8 at Mankato’s Caswell Park and featured two games each for Class A through Class AAAA.

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Trying to recover from tragic house fire

Driving by 700 Third Avenue NE shows a standing house, but the inside tells a different story. Blackened beams poke through where drywall used to be, and charred insulation hangs raggedly from the smoke-stained walls. The fire was greedy about what it took, turning the Rehbein family’s belongings into unrecognizable clumps of ash. Everything, from family heirlooms to baby photos, was destroyed.

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Picnic on the Farm set for Sunday, June 22

The Brown County Farm Bureau announced that Sellner Dairy Farm will host this year’s Picnic on the Farm on Sunday, June 22 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cheeseburgers will be grilled by the Redwood Area Cattlemen’s Association and be available until they are gone. A free shuttle bus will be available at Sigel Ball Park (18978 Grandview Road, New Ulm — just down the road from Sellner Dairy Farm). Limited handicap accessible parking will be available at the farm.

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