The Waseca Junior Senior High School's Art Team took a moment out from painting storefront windows to pose for a picture at the Waseca Art Center on Wed., Oct. 16 2024
With Halloween and the Oct. 24 “Treats on the Streets” event approaching, spooky decorations are popping up everywhere, especially store front windows. Led by Waseca Junior Senior High School art teacher Jean Follstad-Popp, a group of about 20 students spent a few hours the afternoon of Oct. 16...
The Waseca High School Girls’ Tennis team earned a trip to state by winning the Section 1A Championship on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. Team members and coaches are (Above, front, from left) assistant coach Abbe Hoehn, Maddy Benson,Addie Pfiefer, Maddy Benson, Layla Keith, Takya Schoenrock, Vivian Mader, Lily Sanchez. (Back row) Head Coach Kyle Collins, Paige Dufault, Kennedy Lynch, Hannah Rugger, Pearl Moore, Mia Kanewischer, Ava Miller, Madi Larrabee, Grace Chawra, Assist coach Trish Mercier, Paola Sandoval.
The long wait is over for the Waseca High School girls' tennis team.
The Bluejays have lived up to their No. 1 seed atop the Section 1A tournament.
Waseca advanced to state for the first time since 2012 thanks to a 7-0 victory over Winona Cotter in the semifinals and 4-3 over No. 2 seed...
Matt DuRose of the Mankato Department of Public Safety; Barb Kaus, president of the Greater Mankato Area United Way; and Blue Earth County Sheriff Jeff Wersal shared their outlooks at a September 17 "Opioid and Fentanyl Crisis Awareness" session held in Mankato.
Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
“The problem is so massive,” observed Blue Earth County Sheriff Jeff Wersal, “it’s very hard to know where to start.”
Waseca County Sheriff Jay Dulas agrees. “It’s like a giant web,” he told the Pioneer. “People are using drugs, so they’re desperate for money. Their paychecks are spent, they’re...
Participants and organizers of the Waseca Votes district 19B debate, from left: Larry Johnson, Jamie Beckstrand, Eli Lutgens, Stacey Schroeder, Dwight Thostenson, Tom Sexton, Brayden Hoof, Edel Fernandez, Nathaniel Howe, Ann Fitch, Mikhail Rostislovovich and Brian Harguth. Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
Candidates running to represent the Medford/Owatonna/Waseca area covered by Seat 19B of the Minnesota House of Representatives met in a debate sponsored by the Waseca Area Chamber of Commerce legislative committee the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 8, at the Waseca high school performing arts center....
From left: Waseca County Dairy Princesses Katy Eldeen, 17, and McKenna Eichhorn, 20, were present and handing out dairy related goods at Farmamerica's Fall Festival on Saturday October 12, 2024 Pioneer photo by Ben Reveramann
The Farmamerica Family Fall Festival had diverse, lively offerings Saturday, Oct. 12. The sky was white with overcast, but the temperature was an agreeable 61 degrees with a light wind that bordered on strong.
Regan Hoehn was working the Brewed Awakenings bar. The beverage company is based out...
Waseca County Facilities Supervisor Teddy Hoehn next to a fallen tree in Waseca County's Courthouse Park. Logs from downed trees are being made available to county residents who can make use of them. Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
Waseca County residents who burn wood may want to look into the chance to acquire a free trailer load of logs being given away at Courthouse Park on Thursday, Nov. 7.
County facilities supervisor Teddy Hoehn explains a massive collection of logs between 5 and nearly 20 feet long will be given...
Waseca County Sheriff Jay Dulas and area activist Marty Johnson show off the sturdy distribution box which makes Narcan available to all interested members of the public. Narcan is a substance which can revive a person experiencing an otherwise-fatal opioid overdose; the doses within the box are administered nasally. Below: A "one-stop shop" to combat addiction has been set up just inside the main entry to the Waseca County law enforcement center, located at 122 Third Avenue Northwest.
Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
“Fentanyl is a problem, and it’s not going away,” declares Marty Johnson, founder of the Waseca based non-profit organization “Keep on Fightin’ Recovery.”
To help fight the fentanyl crisis, Johnson has worked with a number of agencies, including local law enforcement, to make Narcan readily...
From Left: Kialyn Quillen Fundraiser attended by his family, Tonia, Cyrus brother, 11, Koltyn brother, 17, Natalie mom, Taniyah sister, 10, Nalyce sister, 13, Khadija sister, 18, Charlyze sister, 11, MyKiah sister, 15 and Zaeveon, 12, were at the Legion on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. Pioneer photo by Ben Reveramann
Hundreds of people attended a fundraiser for the family of Kailyn Terry Quillen held Sunday, Oct. 6 at the Waseca American Legion. Kailyn Quillen, or “Ky” for short, was 21 years old when he died of cancer on August 21. Members of St. Paul Lutheran Church put on the fundraiser, serving pancakes,...
At a stand for the annual "Beer and Brats" event in front of Barden's Bar of Waseca's State Street business district, (from left) John Wabner, co-owner Shane Wendland, Griffin Hager, and co-owner Carrie Wendland were setting up for a busy night. This marks the fiftieth year since the bar first celebrated the now-annual event.
Pioneer photo by Ben Reveramann
Waseca’s yearly “Beers and Brats” night began at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3, and continued either until 7 p.m. or until the food was gone. This annual event happens on the first Thursday in October and includes five area saloons and taverns. It is a unique Waseca staple. Welcome to Barden’s Bar...
Cammi Nordmeyer joined the Waseca County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) this summer as its new soil health technician.
Nordmeyer, 25, is a recent graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato, where she earned a degree in Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services with an emphasis on...