Sleepy Eye News

Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop's Erin McDurmont was named the 2013 Tomahawk Conference Player of The Year and GFW coach Brian Magnusson was named the Coach of the Year.

Mike Zinniel pitched the first four innings and struck out four. He gave up three runs.

Winning pitcher Jon Kopacek allowed just one hit and one walk and fanned nine in Sleepy Eye's five-inning win.

Harold "Hooch" Martin Hansen, age 83, of Sleepy Eye, MN died on June 12, 2013, at his home in Sleepy Eye.

In the future, co-op schools participating in extra-curricular activities hosted by New Ulm Public Schools will be assessed an extra $200, or else an extra $300, fee per participant, the District 88 Board of Education decided Thursday night.

Mangen had four strikeouts, two walks, and allowed three runs on eight hits. Mangen was 1-for-3 at the plate with a double and two RBIs.

The Sleepy Eye City Council approved a resolution Tuesday supporting a $520,000 grant application to rehabilitate the Sunrise Manor property.

Hogue taught three years at Martin County West, and last Wednesday had just finished cleaning and emptying out her classroom.

Truman residents Marie Schutter and her husband Tom decided to take a class at Sleepy Eye Stained Glass almost two years ago.

NEW ULM Samuel Wagner will be ordained a deacon for the Diocese of New Ulm on Saturday, June 15 at the Church of St. Mary in Sleepy Eye by the Most Reverend John M. LeVoir, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of New Ulm.

Dr. Michael J. Ecker, age 62, of Sleepy Eye died on June 5, 2013, at the Sleepy Eye Medical Center.

Kaylie Hogue, 24, of Sleepy Eye, died of an epileptic seizure on Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at her home in Sherburn.

Stanley Draper, a 2013 graduate of Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School in New Ulm and resident of Sleepy Eye, has been named a recipient of a college-sponsored merit scholarship from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Sleepy Eye Police have not yet determined if the incidents are linked, but they are investigating the crimes to make a determination.

Don Jirak, grades 5-12 band teacher at Cathedral High School, is retiring at the end of this school year with a list of accomplishments that not many could match.

Crews will begin work this summer on a $14.2 million Highway 60 expansion in southern Minnesota, part of a decades-long effort to improve safety and traffic flow on a 65-mile corridor from St.

Brandon Wilhelmi earned the win for the Tigers and Alan Woitas took the loss for Sleepy Eye.

SLEEPY?EYE - SouthPoint Federal has recently received a financial strength rating of "A" or "Excellent" from Weiss Ratings, the nation's leading independent provider of ratings and analysis of financial service companies, mutual funds, and stocks.

Laura Ann Backer and Joseph Robert Heiderscheidt were married Oct. 26, 2012, at Holy Family Catholic Church, St.

Caleb Christensen of Sleepy Eye was the medalist in the boys' meet, scoring a 41.