Sellner gets diploma June 1
Lawrence Sellner, a 75-year-old Leavenworth Township man, will get his high school diploma June 1 during the Sleepy Eye High School Class of 2008 graduation ceremony.
SLEEPY EYE — A 75-year-old Leavenworth Township man will add a special flavor to the June 1 Sleepy Eye High School Class of 2008 graduation ceremony.
Lawrence Sellner completed the eighth grade in a one-room, country school in Mulligan Township before family farm duties took him out of the classroom and into the barn and field.
“My dad (Albert) had health issues and it was tough to find hired help back then, so he asked me to come back to the farm,” said Sellner.
He milked cows by hand and grew corn, beans, oats, wheat and flax for seven years before the U.
Landowners get free breakfast
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NEW ULM — About 140 landowners/operators and their families attended a free appreciation breakfast Saturday morning held at the Brown County Fairgrounds.
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