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Kathy Grinnel sits with her children Faith, Jake, and Jacqueline in their new home, the former Waldorf School which closed in 2010.
Kathy Grinnell is a single mom who moved from Sartell, near St. Cloud, to Waldorf. She and her children–Faith, 19; Jake, 15; and Jacqueline, 9–are in the process of revitalizing the large building that was a public school for the area before the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton district closed it in...
More than 50 farmers from around southern Minnesota attended Winter Crops Day Thursday, January 11, at the University of Minnesota’s Southern Research and Outreach Center (SROC) on the western outskirts of Waseca.
According to Tom Hoverstad, a scientist with the center and one of the presenters...
Harper Jones flies high on the combination trampoline/bungee cord during the Waseca County Fair.
In the past year the Waseca County Pioneer has covered many exciting stories worth remembering. Here is a look back at the best highlights from the year that was 2023.
July
•People and their stories.
Every member of the Waseca County Pioneer staff finds his or her motivation in the people...
Waseca County Highway department bay.
Waseca area road maintenance workers would likely argue they’ve earned a quiet year. According to figures compiled by county engineer Jim Kollar, the 2022-23 winter season was a “top five event,” dropping 72 inches of snow between October and April.
As of January 5, the current winter season...
Ronald Eustice
By RACHAEL JAEGER
Staff Writer
Ron Eustice, a Waseca area resident in his youth, has written twenty books based on his experience in agriculture and his work with Minnesota farmers. Currently, he’s also working on an autobiography with the working title, “Around the World in Eighty Years”...
Pastor Michael Grannis has been serving the congregation of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Waseca, since this past September.
Michael Grannis was installed as pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Waseca this past September. Alongside his wife of more than two decades, the two brought with them a family of 10. Grannis is soft spoken, humble and confident in his faith.
Grannis said the best way to build a relationship...
Sacred Heart teacher Elizabeth Veldman and the first-grade class showing their Christmas spirit. Below second-graders working hard in teacher Kelsey Titus' class.
Sacred Heart School will be observing “National Catholic Schools Week” from Sunday, January 28, to Saturday, February 3.
The first element of its celebration is an open house from 11 a.m. to noon on January 28 which invites the public to tour the school, meet its teachers and staff, and find...
Arik Matson went to Alaska to hunt the King Eider, one of the rarest ducks in North America. The hunt was organized by Hometown Hero Outdoors, which is a non-profit that facilitates therapeutic outdoor adventures for veterans and first responders.
“Wow. Look how far he’s come.”
According to Megan Matson who, with her husband Arik, attended premier showings of the movie “Weight of the Crown” at Owatonna’s Northwoods Cinema 10 theater on Saturday, January 6, “Wow,” followed by moments of speechlessness, was the nearly universal reaction to...
The organizational Waseca school board meeting held on January 4 resulted in a few position changes. Former chair Julie Anderson became the board’s clerk; Dave Dunn was appointed the new chair. Grant Sheffert and Edita Mansfield both retained their positions as, respectively, treasurer and vice...
Janesville resident Elvin Leigh Wehking, 57, died around 5 p.m. Tuesday, January 9, in a one-vehicle accident in Le Sueur County. That county’s sheriff’s office reports having received a 911 call reporting a motor vehicle accident near a residence located on Tetonka Lake Road in Elysian Township...
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