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“There’s a lot of energy and excitement surrounding this,” says Waseca resident Jim Boerboom, who is part of a steering committee to form a Waseca area food cooperative. “People are interested in a retail model that supports local growers and allows them access to locally raised meat and poultry...
A band concert for students in grades five to eight was well attended the evening of Nov 24 at the performing arts center of the Waseca Junior Senior High School. Bands were directed by Anders Peterson for high school and Selma Kleinsmith for WIS.
For many of the students this large-scale...
TIPS AND TRICKS - Charlie Rohwer, researcher at the University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center, gave a talk on proper tree care and fruiting trees in southern Minnesota on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025.
Members of the Waseca Garden Club held their monthly meeting with a potluck dinner thrown in on the evening of Monday, Nov. 24 at the University of Minnesota’s Southern Research and Outreach Center (SROC). Before the meeting Charlie Rohwer, processing research employee at the center, spoke about...
LIVESTOCK JUDGES - Members of the NRHEG FFA Livestock Judging Team placed first in regional competition in Arlington during October and will be taking part in state competition in April. Team members are (from left) Gus Bethke, Lauren Wakefield, Olivia Johnson, Abbie Viktora, and Paige Johnson.
The five members of the NRHEG FFA livestock judging team won a place at this coming April’s state competition during an October contest in Arlington, where 25 chapters were represented. Team members learned of their accomplishment after returning home; results of their contest, they explain, are...
During their Nov. 17 meeting, members of the NRHEG school board declared the garage associated with the residential property at 302 Broadway Avenue South, which the district purchased in September for $70,000, as “surplus property.” The garage, at least 20 years old, has extended into property...
Christine Possin of New Richland died in the Nov. 4 head-on crash near Hope. The other driver involved has been charged with criminal vehicular homicide for allegedly being more than twice the legal limit for alcohol.
The surviving driver of a fatal head-on crash near Hope earlier this month has been charged with felony criminal vehicular homicide.
David Ramirez, 26, of Owatonna, made his first appearance Monday in Steele County District Court, where he was also charged with two counts of gross...
Renee Worke
Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge Renee Worke of Owatonna is facing legal trouble after being arrested for suspicion of driving while intoxicated over the Thanksgiving weekend in Steele County.
The Steele County Sheriff’s Office responded to a vehicle stuck in a snow drift at U.S. Highway 14...
TOM THE TURKEY - A small crowd of children attended the New Richland Public Library's Storytime hour on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. Pioneer photo by Ben Revermann
The New Richland Public Library held another Storytime Hour the foggy morning of Tuesday, Nov. 25. With the big kids in school, the little kids dominated the library grounds, but when it came time to pay attention, they did a pretty good job.
Librarian Kathy Kronebusch was in charge for the...
Thank you for bringing us along for the ride, Waseca Bluejays football.
And what a ride it was.
To win 12 games in a row is impressive.
And to qualify for the school's first-ever football state championship game - a once-in-a-lifetime experience, some might say.
Saturday didn't go the way we...
“A win for one of us is a win for all of us,” observed Waseca County Administrator Michael Johnson during a “legislative luncheon” that brought local leaders together with state-level representatives and spokespersons from national offices.
About 50 area leaders were present at a...
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