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Nearly 350 people enjoyed the vocal and instrumental sounds of the season at the second annual Home for the Holidays concerts featuring NRHEG graduates Gavin Berg, Adam Moen and Eva Wayne, which took place at Trinity Lutheran Church in New Richland last Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. The...

Jack Dahl, a watercolor painter who graduated from Janesville High School in 1957, currently resides in Waseca. His art will be on display at the Waseca Art Center until January 6, 2024. 

Two shows are currently on display at the Waseca Arts Center. Both will continue through January 6.  Showing in the side room is an every-other-year display which invites all interested members to submit their creations. Currently available for appreciation are works in many different media...
After the annual truth in taxation public hearing, the Waseca City Council listened to Waseca County Administrator Michael Johnson share facts and details about the county’s plans for the county jail/and or its new justice center. Johnson told council members that each option he was describing...
Waseca finance director Alicia Fischer summarized the city’s 2023 budget during a legally required “truth in taxation” meeting held the evening of Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023.  Fischer used a PowerPoint presentation to show an overview and numerous details regarding city taxes, the 2024 budget, tax...
Following a truth in taxation public hearing and a presentation about the state of the Waseca County Jail and a potential new justice center, the regular work of the Waseca City Council got underway Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023.  Nancy Walters runs a Homestead goods store on North State Street. A new...
The 2024 tax levy increase has so far been reduced by over half, it was announced during the New Richland City Council’s second meeting of the month on Monday, Nov. 27. The preliminary tax levy, approved in September, was set at about 19%; at the time of the meeting, City Administrator Tony...

The Wadd family from left Kloe, Trent, Kari and Mason.

A December 29 blood drive scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Farmamerica Community Room (7367 360th Avenue, Waseca) is in honor of a Southern-Minnesota teen who probably would not have survived infancy if he had not received blood donations. Seventeen-year-old Mason Wadd is not your...
About 100 friends, family, coaches and football players gathered Monday night as almost two dozen Waseca sixth-graders signed their “letter of intent” to continue their Bluejay football careers. The tradition, organized by the Waseca Youth Football Association, began in 2017 and was briefly...

Members of the iWealth team present their giant $12,745 check to board members of the Waseca Area Neighborhood Service Center. 

Amidst the spirit of giving, Brad and Trudi Connors, alongside the dedicated iWealth team, culminated the 2023 Holiday Food Drive by presenting a generous check to the Waseca Area Neighborhood Service Center. The combined effort of community contributions, totaling $9,745, complemented by the...

Members of the regional Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) demonstrate their "kits," the armor and weaponry they use during SCA events. Pioneer photo by Deb Bently

By DEB BENTLY News Editor “We don’t want to hurt our friends,” comments Charles Adams, 28, during practice. “We only want to kill them.” The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is an international organization which, according to its website, has more than 30,000 members. The local...

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