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Brad Milbrath
Throwing his hat in the ring for Waseca County Commissioner is Brad Milbrath, 57, former sheriff of Waseca County for 12 years. Milbrath grew up in Waseca County, having graduated from Mapleton High School in 1984 before going on to obtain a degree in criminal justice from Minnesota West...
Larry Johnson
Larry Johnson, 49, is one of three candidates running to fill the Waseca County Commissioner seat for District 3 left vacant by the passing of former commissioner Blair Nelson. Johnson has lived in Waseca for over 30 years, having returned after living in San Diego for 10 years. He graduated from...
Ann Fitch
Ann Fitch is one of three candidates vying for the District 3 seat on the Waseca County board of commissioners this year. Fitch, 43, is a native of Waseca, having graduated from Waseca High School in 1998. She is employed as the Executive Director of the Waseca Area Chamber of Commerce, a...
New TEAM Academy kindergarten teacher Carly Wiste.
TEAM Academy has a new Kindergarten teacher for the 2023-24 school year, Carly Wiste. This is Wiste's first full-time K-12 teaching job; she has been substitute teaching in the Mankato area since her graduation from Winona State University in December 2022 and worked as an Early Childhood teacher...
KOZY - Jim Kozan, friend of the Marching Classic, intends to play the accordion during the annual parade Sept. 23. Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
It’s around 3:30 in the afternoon. School has just let out and customers are coming into Waseca Music in a steady stream. A refurbished clarinet leaves the store with a fifth-grader; a rambunctious sixth-grader takes home a brand new flute. Another beginner needs a lesson book, but already has...
Grand Marshals for the Waseca Marching Classic, Les and Karen Tlougan. Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
Les and Karen Tlougan are the Grand Marshals for the 2023 Marching Classic Parade. It’s a title they’ve earned, having dedicated many hours to each of the Marching Classic events held over the past three decades.
On Saturday, September 23, they will be seated in a convertible at the front of...
LONG LINE - Phil and Denise Reed waited in their car for 60 hours to exit Ukraine. Many people chose to walk instead, getting there much faster.
Missionaries Phil and Denise Reed are members of the Waseca Christian Assembly and helped with the church’s 20-year celebrations this past weekend.
The two are between assignments just now, having been in Ukraine for 12 years at the time of the Russian attack in February of 2022. They have...
A 150-foot-tall crane swings a wrecking ball against one of the structures at Crystal Valley Coop between Janesville and Waseca. Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
By DEB BENTLY
News Editor
When it was built by Harvest States GTA in 1973, the Crystal Valley feed and grain facility
between Janesville and Waseca was state of the art. The grain elevator was about 250 feet tall
with concrete 7.5 inches thick. It was poured using slip forms, which meant...
By TRISTAN GEHRING
Staff Writer
“I call Waseca my hometown,” says Brett Wickersheim, the newest dentist at Waseca Dental Care. “My parents lived in St. Louis Park when I was born and we moved a couple of times when I was very young, but we landed in Waseca when I was four. This is where I...
Area farmers Gregg and Annette Rosenthal live and farm on property acquired by Gregg’s grandfather, Walter, more than 100 years ago. Photo by Deb Bently
“Research shows that there are more microbes in a teaspoon of soil than there are people on the planet,” says Gregg Rosenthal, a Waseca County farmer with a degree in agronomy. “That’s how we can measure whether a patch of soil is ‘healthy’ or not.”
Area farmers Gregg and Annette Rosenthal live...
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