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BANNER DAY - Matt Petsinger presents Mary Williams, one of the Marching Classic’s planners, with a custom banner promoting the event.

Marching Classic set for September 17, 2022

“It has become a true community event over the years.” Waseca Marching Board’s Deputy Treasurer Mary Williams is excited to announce the 35th Annual Waseca Marching Classic happening Saturday, September 17. Sixteen bands from around the state will be performing during the Classic, with eight...

Arlen Tirevold will be receiving recognition for his years of service to the Waseca community during this year’s Waseca Marching Classic. Kathy, his wife, is a Waseca native.

Tirevold named friend of Classic

Lifelong Iowan and retired fireworks pyrotechnician Arlen Tirevold has been named as this year’s Friend of the Classic. He will be recognized for his years of service to the Waseca community through an appearance in the Waseca Marching Classic parade on September 17. Tirevold lives in Gruven,...

Advice for helping at-risk youth

Surveys and research among school-age students show that between 35 and 40 percent of them talk about and consider suicide. “I know that seems high,” says licensed therapist Samantha Boyer, who regularly works with school-aged students. “But it’s what’s been reported.” In addition, rates of...

Ridiculous but valuable

Editorial Note: The graphic was created by Production Manager and famous artist, Reed Waller, at the request of Deb Bently. Deb spoke with instructors from four area Waseca County schools, about the types of dreams they have prior to the start of a new school year. Here is what she learned: “On...

Dahle takes over for Dahle

With the announced retirement of principal LeAnn Dahle from Sacred Heart Elementary School in Waseca in April of 2022, Sacred Heart teacher Chris Dahle stepped into the position July 1st for the upcoming 2022 school year. Dahle has been a teacher for about ten years after his time in the...

From parent to staff member

Trinity Lutheran School of Janesville has a new administrative assistant. Jacqie Malzahn is enjoying her first month on the job, and can’t wait for school to resume this fall. “This job has been a blessing,” she states. Malzahn is very familiar with the Lutheran school setting. She grew up...

Develop champions, graduate leaders

New Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (JWP) athletic director Paul Brunner describes the treatment he received from other JWP staff members during his first four weeks on the job as “kind” and “welcoming.” Brunner comes from a different world than the one of small-town Janesville, having grown up in...

Love for family, teaching and English literature

In one of the glass-walled classrooms in the English wing of the Waseca High School it is possible to find the human equivalent to small town Minnesota. Kind, loyal, compassionate, funny. Having grown up in one of the closest communities in Minnesota (Nassau, population 72) and having taught in...

New at TEAM Academy

TEAM Academy is a Waseca Charter School which began in 2003 by offering kindergarten and fourth-grade classes alongside the public middle school in the Central Building. Two more grades were added each consecutive year to continue serving the current students while welcoming more, until the...

Audra Veroven has been a bus driver at Palmer Bus Service for four years and a manager of the company’s Waseca branch since February.

Cameras installed on bus stop arms

Thanks to a grant given by the state of Minnesota to Palmer Bus Service, two more Waseca Palmer buses will have cameras installed in the stop arms to catch footage of violators who illegally pass stopped buses. The stop arm cameras were put in as an effort to catch people who violate the law...