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The Canadian Pacific Kansas City Holiday Train made stops in Janesville and Waseca December 6, 2023.

Holiday Train stops in Waseca, Janesville

As the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Holiday Train rolled into Janesville the evening of December 6, a crowd of 2,000 to 3,000 people were waiting on the plaza near the Veterans’ Memorial. “Nothing makes me happier,” proclaimed Janesville Mayor Andy Arnoldt. “Janesville is the greatest...

Contributors to the book “Pickleball Knight” were members of a fall creative writing class for neurodiverse writers: Alex Blake, Mary Sue Hagerty, Beth Lieser, Anna Marken, Angela Motz, Jessy Oeffler, Benjamin Sather, Tammy Squires and Angie Ulman.

Neurodiverse authors write Pickleball Knight

Over a five-week period beginning in October, ten area residents who experience neurodiversity took part in a creative writing class led by teacher Jenny Hughes. The participants have varying learning differences and levels of ability, but all were asked to consider the value and meaning of...

2024 levy discussed

The members of the Waseca County Board of Commissioners began their day Thursday, Dec. 7 with an 8 a.m. work session at which they discussed what the final property tax levy for the county will be. The preliminary levy was listed as a 1.5% increase on September 30. Commissioners speculated...

Crafty

Delaine Caster, Choir Booster; Ezra Skains and Natalie Loeffler, Select Choir students; and Rebecca Volovsek, choir parent, posing with Santa Claus at the inaugural Choir Craft Fair, raising funds for their trip to New York.

A drawing for a Grinch prize package was offered during “Christmas at the Mill’ on December 9. The lucky winner, 16-month-old Effie Schauer, is the daughter of Deon Schauer and Cate Krauth.

Christmas at the Mill

Well over 300 children and their accompanying adults–for a crowd of roughly 750–attended “Christmas at the Mill,” a community gathering which, according to Matt Petsinger, whose Matthew R. Petsinger Agency LLC helps organize the event, defies definition. “It’s really not possible to explain...

Berg, Moen bring music home for the holidays

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.

Local art shines

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...

County jail options shared with council

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...

A look at Waseca's 2024 budget

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...

Council sides with existing business

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...