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STAFF- Most of the Pioneer staff is pictured above. From left, Jonah Stafford, Amelia Roessler, Deb Bently, Jim Lutgens, Eli Lutgens, Logan Piltingsrud, whose photos have been featured in the Star Eagle, held by Melanie Piltingsrud, Michael Roy, Chris Schlaak, and Reed Waller. Pioneer photo by Pam Goehrig
“We plan to find at least one story for every edition that makes the whole year’s subscription worthwhile. We know we won’t have everything for everybody in every edition, but we will definitely have something for everyone.” –Eli Lutgens, publisher
This issue of the Waseca County Pioneer is the...
UNITED - National Night to Unite was observed on Aug. 4 in Waseca and New Richland, and, in conjunction with other events in Janesville the evening of Aug. 6. Pioneer photo by Ben Revermann
The national Night to Unite was observed the evening of Aug. 4 in Waseca and New Richland on Tuesday night of August 4, 2026; Janesville’s observance was the evening of Aug. 6, in conjunction with a number of other events. This was a chance to get out and see the community, and become better...
PRODUCE TRADITION - Edward Bathke Jr. of Ed's Produce was helping Ralph Dobberstein at the Waseca Farmers Market on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026. Pioneer photo by Ben Revermann
It was a perfect sunny day Saturday, August 8, at the Farmers Market in Waseca. So perfect in fact there were no parking spaces, so any visitors who wanted fresh fruits and vegetables had to walk a block and a half to get there. But once there, amongst the flurry of activity, between two trucks...
Because of the Tuesday “Night to Unite” event, the Waseca city council meeting took place in the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 5.
Waseca County Administrator Michael Johnson and county land and water resources director Chris Howard shared a proposal to help control overflow waters in the...
RETURNING HOME - Grace Duxbury, collections manager at the Morrison County Historical Society, holds the large portrait of Maud Weyerhaeuser recently identified and passed along by the staff of the Waseca County Historical Society. Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
After an extended stay in Waseca, a 40-inch by 30-inch oil portrait of Maud Weyerhaeuser has returned to her hometown of Little Falls, where she was greeted with great enthusiasm. Maud was married to Charles Weyerhaeuser who, along with fellow business manager Drew Musser, ran the Pine Tree...
During their Aug. 4 meeting, members of the Waseca County Board of Commissioners approved a fee schedule for cannabis businesses in the county which will double registration costs from $500 to $1000 between their first year of business and subsequent years. The new schedule also lists...
MUSICAL FUN - Pictured clockwise, are band members Noelle Drake, Amber Haggen, Skyler Gilmore, Ava Trumbull, Kelly Hernandez, Chloe Haggen, and Joscelin Evenet. Pioneer photo by Ben Revermann
The 71 members of the Waseca Junior Senior High School Marching Band finished up a whole weekend of band camp training and events with a short parade on Aug. 9 that took them to the Waseca County Fairgrounds, where they provided a performance which closed the 3-day garage sale that had been...
BLOOMING AND GROWING - New Richland Town and Country Garden Club members shared ideas and compliments as they viewed four members' gardens the afternoon of Tuesday, Aug. 4. Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
Members of the New Richland Town and Country Garden Club took part in a mutual learning exercise the afternoon of Aug. 4, with members Julie Economy, Barb Finseth, Eleanor Schlaak and Sheryl Schanil inviting club members to visit their gardens and exchange information and insights about the...
At the August 6 work session, the members of the Waseca school board got an update to the childcare expansion process which began in May through the Community Education department. Director Nikki Benson spoke about the rules concerning the running of an infant and toddler program and working with...
The movie Labor Day was released in 2013 by Paramount Pictures. Directed by Jason Reitman and based off the 2009 novel by Joyce Maynard, it stars Josh Brolin, Kate Winslett, Gattlin Griffith, and includes a toward-the-end appearance by Toby Maguire. This suspenseful drama takes place in 1987 and...
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