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NRHEG baseball player Jace Ihrke receives an award in the form of a bat during the spring sports banquet Tuesday night.
NRHEG Activities Director Dan Stork extended many statements of gratitude as he opened the 2025 Spring Sports Banquet ceremony at 6:30 p.m. the evening of Tuesday, June 3 in the high school gym in New Richland.
Those gathered celebrated NRHEG spring sports. Coaches from baseball, softball,...
Grace Starman embraces her grandpa, Don Starman.
They stood together for the final time.
One by one, they walked out into the world.
The 55 members of the NRHEG class of 2025 graduated Sunday afternoon in a packed high school gymnasium in New Richland.
Principal Grant Berg got the show rolling as he lightheartedly welcomed and thanked...
Sierra Misgen hugs her sister during the parent appreciation portion of the graduation ceremony.
NRHEG Valedictorian Sierra Ellen Misgen, 18, is the daughter of Mark and Sara Misgen and family to Payton, Markus, Makota, Preston, Makenna and Amelia. She plans to attend the University of Minnesota Duluth to study exercise and rehabilitation science.
While in high school, Misgen has been...
Tayla Sandry, 19, is NRHEG’s salutatorian for 2025. She is the daughter of David and Sherri Sandry of Waldorf. Tayla has two siblings, Reid and Addison. Her future plans are to attend college for a degree in elementary education.
During her time in school, Sandry has been selected for the...
After 14 years driving school bus, Dale Agrimson is retiring from NRHEG. His plans are to move to Tennessee with his wife Pam to enjoy the beautiful climate and spend time soaking up the scenery on his motorcycle.
The NRHEG years of service and retirement recognition program for the 2024-2025 school year took place on the last day of school, May 30, after students had departed. The gathering recognized milestones in the careers of school staff members. Emcee for the one-hour event was school superintendent...
Scott Crabtree and his mother Cynthia, were present at the Geneva Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2025.Star Eagle photo by Ben Revermann
Jerry Ibberson and Larry Crabtree were emcees on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26 for ceremonies held at both the Geneva Cemetery and the Ellendale Lutheran Cemetery. They spoke of veterans, both the fallen and the ones at home. The NRHEG Choir, directed by Krista Reeder, sang “America the Beautiful...
Members of the Community of Ellendale Foundation board of directors organized and operated a "restart the beat" education session meant to teach residents about operating the new Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) due to be installed soon at a number of different community churches. The AEDs were purchased using Foundation funds.Board members are (from left) Tiffany Krueger, Jo Lerberg, Jack Harpel, Arlen Brekke, Allie Larson, Colleen and Michelle Sletten.
Staying calm may be both the most important and the most difficult element of responding to a crisis, suggested emergency medical technicians (EMTs) Brittany Boswell, Merisa Thompson and Caleb Carnes during an event sponsored by the Ellendale Area Foundation the evening of May 12.
About 25...
Senior Harbor Cromwell and junior Chloe Stork conceived and led an "activity fair" which recently took place at NRHEG.
Possibility was the focus on May 6 as all students at the NRHEG Secondary building strolled through an “Activity Fair” conceived and planned by students Harbor Cromwell and Chloe Stork.
Student representatives from 34 school-based activities set up tables in the gymnasium and shared what they...
The Treble Triple Trio in alphabetical order: Ariel Anhalt, Addy Buenger, Kaitlyn Dobberstein, Sierra Fish, Alamae Gutierrez and Abby Williams.
Dorothy Gale from Kansas made an appearance at the NRHEG music department’s presentation of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” in the high school’s secondary auditorium. Three separate performances the weekend of May 16 and 17 featured lots of lights, effects, and, of course, music.
L. Frank Baum...
Dale R. Peterson, the Fuller Brush Man for Freeborn County from 1970 till present, gave a presentation at the Clarks Grove Area Heritage Museum on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Star Eagle photo by Ben Revermann
The Clarks Grove Historical Society’s annual meeting took place the evening of Thursday, May 15 at the organization’s heritage museum. Special guest for the evening was Dale Peterson, the Freeborn County “Fuller Brush Man.”
Inside the doors of the Clarks Grove Area Heritage Museum was an...