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DeRaad sworn in as peace officer

Officer Drew DeRaad was sworn in as a full-time police officer for the New Richland Police Department during the New Richland City Council’s first meeting of the month on Monday, Oct. 9. The council also approved Resolution 23-18, Resolution of Police Officer Declaration. DeRaad will begin as a...

Annual audit review

Members of the NRHEG School Board learned during their October 16 meeting that the district is in exceptionally good financial condition, both in terms of how well its records are maintained and how well its finances are managed. Layne Kockelman of the auditing company Abdo, of Mankato,...

CELEBRATING - Sandy Daniel and her brother Rick Johnson celebrate the 40th anniversary of the kidney transplant which occurred in 1983.

Gift of life

When Waseca resident Sandy Daniel says she believes “everything happens for a reason,” she’s speaking about a list of “everythings” that nearly defies belief. Sandy, 76, speaks with nonstop gratitude about the gifts that came into her life 40 years ago when, at the age of 36, she received a...

LIKE FAMILY - Available to help customers at Southside Marine and More are (from left) Terry Huber, Denis Desgroseilliers, Trevor Shoultz, and Nathan Markeson.

New owner for Southside Marine

“It’s not just a matter of throwing a blanket over it and putting it away for the winter,” jokes Terry Huber, who recently became the owner of Southside Marine and More in Waseca. Huber purchased the longstanding business from former owner Neal Schauer, who had operated it for 27 years. “I...

Ashley Semmann

Semmann named Keen’s Retail Banking Development Officer

Ashley Semmann has been promoted and named Retail Banking Development Officer of Keen Bank. In her new position, Semmann is responsible for the growth and development of the Keen Bank retail department. In addition, Semmann will provide ongoing training and supervision for staff and collaborate...

The Bethlehem Inn fundraiser featured a restaging of “Buddy Holly’s 1959 Winter Dance Party.”

Bethlehem Inn Fundraiser draws 250

Bethlehem Inn held a very successful fund-raising concert this past Saturday at the Starfire Event Center. Around 250 attended and were entertained with a re-staging of Buddy Holly's 1959 Winter Dance Party, featuring music of Buddy's co-stars, Ritchie Valens "La Bamba"; Dion & the Belmonts...

Waseca ag school alumni offer scholarship

The Southern School of Agriculture (SSA), and the University of Minnesota-Waseca (UMW) Alumni Association have scholarships available to current high school seniors or to college students pursuing a two- or four-year degree, whose parent or grandparent is an alum of the University of Minnesota-...

Service Center sponsors BackPack program

The Waseca Area Neighborhood Service Center (WANSC) is glad to be able to sponsor the BackPack program. What is the BackPack program? It is a program that provides extra food on the weekends for eligible Waseca students. Each week, bags of food are individually packed at the Waseca Food Shelf....

No to chickens, county visits

A final decision was made by the New Richland City Council during its second meeting of the month on Monday, Sept. 25 regarding keeping chickens in town. One council member, Jason Casey, was in favor of the idea; however, the rest of the council disagreed. “We heard from people, we had a survey...

WHS partners with HUDL TV

Waseca, MN – Waseca High School is pleased to announce that beginning this year, all home varsity football, varsity and JV boys’ soccer, varsity and JV girls’ soccer, varsity and b-squad volleyball, varsity and b-squad boys’ basketball, varsity and b-squad girls’ basketball, and varsity and JV...