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Election 2022 - Waseca County results

Election results are in for Waseca County. Your next Sheriff will be Jay Dulas. Your next Waseca County Attorney will be Rachel Cornelius. Here are the results for every major local election in Waseca County. Vote totals appear in (parentheses). County-wide Sheriff Jay Dulas (5,630)...

PREPARING TO DEBATE — Waseca County Attorney candidates Rachel Cornelius (left) and Brenda Miller (right) prepare for the final Coffee Break Debate Wednesday, October 26. In the center moderating the debate is senior Lindsey Kopetzki. Pioneer photo by Eli Lutgens

Last coffee break

Waseca County Attorney Rachel Cornelius and challenger Brenda Miller took part in the final round of the Waseca Coffee Break debates at the Waseca High School Performing Arts Center, Wednesday, October 26, 2022. Moderator for this final session was senior Lindsey Kopetzki. “We volunteered and...

Blue Cross helping coordinate

Sarah Berry, Public Health Director for Waseca County Public Health, accompanied by two representatives of Blue Plus, the health maintenance organization affiliate of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, attended the November 1, 2022 regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners to discuss...

Less familiar community education programs

Community Education Director Paul DeMorret presented an informational report to school board members at their October 27 meeting. DeMorret’s slide show illustrated the number of programs currently taking place in Waseca under the umbrella of community education–some of which may be less familiar...

Treatment plant set for upgrade

A topic of lengthy discussion at the November 1, 2022 Waseca City Council meeting addressed the condition of the four blowers which act as the “lungs” of the wastewater treatment plant, spinning at 25,000 revolutions per minute to deliver air into the raw sludge sewage, allowing bacteria to break...

SPOOKTACULAR - Taking part in the Waseca Art Center’s Great Fall Get Together were, from left: Carroll Galvin, Tara Bjerke. Liz O’Brien, Monica Priebe, Jess Stuckmayer, Sally Takala. Front Missy and Brad Donner.

Waseca's Great Fall Get-together

Witches descended on the Waseca Art Center on Saturday, Oct. 29, along with a number of Vikings, a walking avocado, Snow White, and any number of other characters, for the Great Fall Get-Together that took place from 6-9 p.m. Liz O’Brien was responsible for the festively creepy decorations,...

Treats on the streets

Waseca’s “Treats on the Streets” was the gift that kept on giving for many trick-or-treaters Thursday, October 27. From 5-7 p.m., hundreds upon hundreds of costumed children lined the sidewalks of downtown Waseca to receive Halloween candy early from local businesses. Within minutes, businesses...

Mattson takes job in Dodge Center

City Manager Lee Mattson submitted his resignation during the November 1, 2022 Waseca City Council meeting, notifying council members that November 30 will be his last day. Mattson’s letter, read aloud during the meeting, stated that he does not have “sufficient accolades” to describe the...

Nathan Gallagher (right) stacks orders during the Waseca Fire Department’s Burger and Fry fundraiser Thursday, October 27.

Anything for Gary

The Waseca Fire Department held a burger and fry fundraiser from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, October 27. The noble cause was to support retired firefighter Gary Mulcahy, who lost his wife in a fatal house fire which also severely damaged his home. The Fire Department served the meal of a burger and...

Crafty Waldorf

“Scrapping Sisters” was one name casually suggested by DeeAnn Britton, a member of the crafting group which met for their “Croptoberfest” event at the Waldorf Community Center Saturday and Sunday, October 22-23, 2022. The group has no official name, but was begun in about 2005 by Lori Courtney...