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Video: Sleepy Eye featured on My Hometown

on: April 03, 2024

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State Senate negotiating how to handle cost/timeline of school districts forced to change Native American mascots

on: April 03, 2024

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StarTribune: Sleepy Eye man agrees to 6½-year term for strangling his girlfriend as part of suicide pact

on: April 03, 2024

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Happy Easter

on: March 30, 2024

Easter Bunny Snowman courtesy of Kathy Marks and her son Kane.

Moldaschel honored for 75 years of service

on: March 24, 2024

Grand Knight Russ McCabe presents Chuck Moldaschel a plaque for serving 75 years in the St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus Council 3134 organization.

Sleepy Eye awarded host site for 2027 State Jr. Legion Baseball Tournament

on: March 23, 2024

Sleepy Eye Baseball made the following announcement on their Facebook page Saturday evening:

This morning VP Brandon Streich assisted by President Aaron Nesvold road tripped to Buffalo, MN to present a bid to the Minnesota American Legion Baseball Committee to host the Minnesota American Legion Baseball Jr. Legion State Tournament in 2027.

After being in contention with two other sites, we were informed this evening Sleepy Eye Ballpark and the City of Sleepy Eye on behalf of the Sleepy Eye Baseball Association was awarded as host of the 2027 Jr. American Legion State Tournament!

This is a very exciting opportunity and we are grateful for the chance to showcase our ballpark and our beautiful city! This is a large undertaking, but we are looking forward to providing the best experience possible for all of those involved! We will be hosting teams from 7 cities from Districts throughout the entire state of Minnesota.

As anything else, it takes a village to make things work and we are looking forward to stepping up to the plate! It may be 3 years away, but the work begins now!

Firefighters respond to rash of rural fires

on: March 22, 2024

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Storm will replace Indians as SEHS new mascot

on: March 14, 2024

The Sleepy Eye School board made a difficult decision at their recent board meeting…the school’s new mascot will be the Storm. Sleepy Eye Schools was forced to remove the Indians mascot by the beginning of the 2025 school year due to a legislative order.

The Storm name won out over three other finalist including Phoenix, Bearcats and Bison. School colors will remain the same.

NU Journal: Kotten stolen property case sentence stayed

on: March 14, 2024

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Erickson crowned Miss Sleepy Eye

on: March 10, 2024

Alexa, Emily, Addie

Emily Erickson, daughter of Patricia and Jason was crowned the 2024 Miss Sleepy Ehye at the Coronation held Marach 9 at the Sleepy Eye Event Center. Alexa Pelzel, daughter of Amy Kral and Andy Pelzel, and Addie Hoffmann, daughter of Andy and Heather, were chosen as princesses.