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HOMECOMING ROYALTY - The NRHEG 2025 Homecoming court candidates are, front: Quinn VanMaldeghem, Adalyn Stadheim, Camryn VanMaldeghem, Chloe Stork and Chloe Riewer. Back: Owen Wayne, Gavin Lewison, Hudson Chrz, Jordan Brouwers and Wyatt Tuttle. Coronation will take place Monday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school gym in New Richland.
The NRHEG Homecoming 2025 kicks off next week. Coronation is set for 7:30 p.m. Monday, September 29 at NRHEG High School, when royalty will be crowned based on a vote of the student body grades 9-12. The new king and queen will reign over homecoming activities, including the parade scheduled to...
RECOGNITION - As he did for each band member, NRHEG band director Seth Schaefer gave a fist bump to flute player Gracie Luna as she left the field. Star Eagle photo by Deb Bently
NRHEG band director Seth Schaefer described the Panthers’ participation in the Waseca Marching Classic field show on Sept. 20 as a way to expand band members’ base of experience and simultaneously broaden their horizons.
He said band members were excited as they prepared for the appearance, and...
FUNDRAISER SUCCESS - Mike Hartle and Dennis Woodfill, volunteers courtesy of Zion Lutheran Church, were flipping pancakes at the Geneva Fire Departments pancake fundraiser breakfast at the community center on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. Star Eagle photos by Ben Revermann
In an effort to raise money for a new fire truck, the Geneva Fire Department held a pancake breakfast at the community center on Sunday morning, Sept. 21. Volunteers from the fire department and Zion Lutheran Church were on hand to make pancakes and keep things running smoothly. They had 225...
After considerable discussion surrounding the county budget and a new circumstance with funding spent toward supporting the libraries in Waseca County communities, members of the county’s board of commissioners voted on Sept. 16 to set the preliminary levy increase for taxes payable in 2026...
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The Quad Cities Baseball Association would like to extend a sincere thank you to all the players, coaches, and families for an incredible summer of baseball! This season, 82 players participated across six different teams, competing in two leagues, seven tournaments, and proudly sending three...
INCLUSIVITY - A group of students, NRHEG staff members and installation workers had a sneak preview of the adaptive playground as work was underway in July. They are shown here at a station with oversized musical instruments, including a xylophone and two drums. Star Eagle photo by Deb Bently
NRHEG is holding a second annual one-mile Color Run, Walk or Stroll event in Ellendale on Saturday, Oct. 11 at 5 p.m. The fun, family-friendly event is a fundraiser for the community inclusive playground. Participants can walk, run, stroll, skip or somersault through a course and get blasted by...
DEDICATION - New Director of Nursing at the New Richland Care Center Becky Schauer celebrated 30 years of working at the Care Center last year.
For those of you that don’t know me, my name is Becky Schauer. I am the new Director of Nursing at the New Richland Care Center. I am the youngest of seven children. My parents are Wallace and the late Doris Stelter. I graduated from Waldorf-Pemberton High School and grew up on a farm south of...
MARSHALS - Dale and Cindy DeRaad are the grand marshals of the Waseca Marching Classic parade, set to begin at noon on Saturday, Sept. 20 in downtown Waseca.Star Eagle photo by Deb Bently
Dale and Cindy DeRaad will be near the front of the Marching Classic parade in Waseca on Sept. 20 as this year’s grand marshals, but it wouldn’t be surprising if they spend part of their time looking over their shoulders to check on their “usual” places.
The Marching Classic parade will...
During their regular business meeting the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 9, members of the Geneva city council set a preliminary city property tax levy increase of 10 percent after being offered a choice between that and a five-percent increase. There had been no tax increase in 2024.
The State...
The first order of business at the Waldorf City Council meeting the evening of Monday, Sept. 8, was a public hearing to modify city ordinance 87 with two objectives. One was to give the council greater flexibility when adjusting fees. The other was to establish a $50 fine for any residents who...