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During his session of Coffee with Tom Sexton on Friday, Dec. 12., Representative Sexton spoke to a small group about the fraud in this state citing former Minnesota Attorney General Andrew Luger, a Biden appointee, “Minnesota, you have a fraud problem.” AG Luger resigned in January of this year...
Above: Members of the NRHEG high school choir delighted instructor Krista Reeder when they appeared on stage in colorful, fanciful holiday attire. Below: Saxophonist Alexis Olson stands for a solo during the band concert, while fellow brass section musician Sophia Williams looks on.
In back-to-back concerts presented the evening of Dec. 8, the vocal and instrumental music departments at NRHEG shared an array of lively holiday tunes performed by students in grades 6 through 12.
The instrumental department, directed by district music instructor Seth Schaefer, presented...
An agreement reached between Steele, Waseca and Dodge counties includes terms under which Steele County can withdraw from the joint powers agreement regarding the delivery of social services through an agency called Minnesota Alliance of Prairie Counties (MNPrairie). The Alliance was first formed...
AFTER - With the "on" button pressed, the new decorations were lit for the first time the evening of Thursday, Dec. 4. They will continue shining into February so that they add a festive touch to after-dark Sleigh and Cutter activities.
“The spirit of Waseca is alive, resilient and shining long before a single bulb is switched on,” declared Mikhail Rostislavovich, president of the Waseca Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, as a robust crowd of community members gathered at the Waseca Art Center on the evening of December 4 for...
Two big announcements were made during the Waseca city council meeting, Tuesday, December 2, 2025.
Caribou Coffee will be moving into the location previously occupied by Taco Johns at 1401 N. State St. in Waseca.
Taco Johns operated in Waseca from roughly 1989 (when the building was...
The Fifth Annual Christmas Time at the Mill took place during the busy afternoon of Saturday, Dec. 6. With light flurries of snow starting to come down outside, the Christmas spirit was just as refreshing inside, and it was a little warmer. Even the Grinch looked like he was having a good time as...
During County Board sessions the morning of Dec. 2, county administrator Michael Johnson summarized that the county’s “property tax effect” for 2026 will be a three-percent increase, though official numbers will indicate about six percent due to a bookkeeping change. Namely, the taxes formerly...
Kathey Huisman of Grandma's Krunchie Creations was surrounded by Christmas joy during the Starfire Event Center's Winter Wonderland on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025.
The Starfire Event Center in Waseca held its Winter Wonderland event on Saturday, Dec. 6. The vendors, from all over southern Minnesota, were wall to wall and all of them had something to do with the holiday season, making for a very cheerful Christmas happening.
Among those arriving at the...
The spotlighted topic at the December work session was presented by Brett Prescher who spoke about heading up, along with his wife, this year's Bluejay Blast (BB) held on Nov. 22. Prescher told the board he came home one morning and his wife told him that she had “done something,” which is how he...
FULL OF CARE - Nancy Westphal has worked for Whispering Creek in Janesville for 46 and a half years.
Nancy Westphal might say she only had to move one building over to go from the home of her youth to a lifelong home of a different type next door, Janesville’s city-owned Whispering Creek elder care facility. After working there for more than 46 years, Westphal was presented with the facility’s “...
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