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During their regular monthly meeting on Dec. 15, members of the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (JWP) school board heard an audit summary from Greg Burkhardt of the Burkhardt accounting firm of Mankato. Looking at numbers from the 2024-25 school year, he reported the district’s “unrestricted fund...
ENTREPRENEUR - Oliver Rugroden, 14, was working at the Farmers Market at Farmamerica on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, selling the 3-D printed items that he had created using his own printer.
The Winter Farmers Market at Farmamerica was the busiest it’s ever been on Dec. 20 There were wall-to-wall vendor tables offering items brought in by local merchants, farmers, experts and hobbyists. One of those hobbyists is only 14; his name is Oliver Rugroden, and he deals in 3-D printed...
At the Dec. 18 regular business meeting, members of the Waseca school board approved a total 2026 property tax levy about $110,000 lower than in 2025: $5,340,139. District business manager Sarah Brandt explained during a legally required “truth in taxation” summary that local property tax levies...
HONORED - Wasecan Bill Fitzsimmons was honored with the Bishop’s Medal on Sunday, Dec. 21. The medal was presented by Bishop Robert Barron in gratitude for Fitzsimmon’s lifetime of faithful service to the Sacred Heart Church and community.
On Sunday, Dec. 21, at Sacred Heart Church in Waseca, Bill Fitzsimmons was honored with the Bishop’s Medal, presented by Bishop Robert Barron, in gratitude for a lifetime of faithful service to the Church and community.
Born in 1934, Bill was baptized at Sacred Heart, graduated from Sacred...
SEEING SANTA - Waseca County dairy princesses Katy Eldeen (left) and McKenna Eichhorn greeted children and visitors coming to see Santa in Farmamerica's iconic red barn during the "Santa Experience" event on Friday and Saturday evenings, Dec. 12 and 13. Santa appeared at the invitation of his good friend Lanny Cox, of Mapleton.
About 350 people braved the wind and cold to attend Farmamerica’s “Santa Experience” event the evenings of Friday and Saturday, Dec. 12 and 13.
Santa awaited visitors in the big red barn located on the 1930s farmsite; children shared their Christmas gift wishes and assured Santa they had...
A county-wide meeting of the area's Economic Development Authorities (EDAs) looked back over the year at steps various agencies have taken to attract new businesses and to help existing enterprises to thrive.
Each county community has an EDA board and the county has one as well. All hold...
OLYMPIC FUNDING - The Waseca Exchange Club announced the formation of a Special Olympics Fundraising Committee, to focus on raising awareness and funds for Special Olympics in Waseca County.
The Waseca Exchange Club is proud to announce the formation of a Special Olympics Fundraising Committee, created as an offshoot of the Club's ongoing commitment to service and community support. This new committee will focus specifically on raising awareness and funds for Special Olympians in...
The Waseca County board of commissioners approved collecting just over $19 million from local property owners in 2026, a bit more than half of its $39.5 million budget. According to information shared during the county’s “Truth in Taxation” meeting the evening of Dec. 16, the county’s budget is...
MACRAME - Kathy Kronebusch, Kathy Roycraft, Mary Jo DeLaitsch and Sally Routh attended the Macrame Ornament class at the New Richland library on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025.
A learning opportunity at the New Richland Public Library over the lunch hour on Wednesday, Dec. 17 was for anyone who wanted to add just one more ornament to their tree this Christmas. Head librarian Kathy Kronebusch showed a table full of ladies how to make Macrame Stars, and it looked like she...
HIGH ACHIEVERS - The Waseca Exchange Club met with the selected finals for its annual Youth of the Year scholarship program recognizing exceptional students.
The Waseca Exchange Club recently met with the selected finalists for its annual Youth of the Year scholarship program, an honor that recognizes exceptional high school students for excellence in academics, leadership, and character. The finalists are, Paige Dufault, Layla Keith, Catherine Olson...
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