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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...

Wielding weird words in Waseca

Many Waseca High School students who have attended at least one of Mr. Marc Engesether’s language arts courses will agree that he is one of their favorite teachers. Mr. E, as they affectionately refer to him, has been at WJSH since 1999 and teaches sophomore language arts and literature, ...

Waseca Varsity Football Managers

Varsity football managers, from left, Bianca Cavazos, Meraina Hiller, and Melanie Quintero delivered football poster schedules last week. In addition to acting as delivery persons, the girls said their roles include loading equipment for away games, field preparations and “making sure everything...

From the Navy to the principal’s office

Many renovations are underway at Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (JWP) High School as new heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems are being installed, but that is far from the only change students can anticipate as they return this fall. Many staff members for the 2022-2023 school year...