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New Richland resident Vera Wilson celebrated her 90th birthday with four different generations of family on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.Star Eagle photo by Ben Revermann
According to Vera Wilson, the term for someone in their 90s who is celebrating a birthday is a “non-age-narian.” Surrounded by dozens of family members and friends, Wilson celebrated her ninetieth birthday celebration at the New Richland City Hall on Saturday, Feb. 1.
Visitors were asked to...
Above from left, Nikki, Landon, David and Owen Chicos.
Like any 7-year-old, Owen Chicos has a long list of things he likes and things he wants to do.
A member of the fifth generation living on his family’s century farm, he figures he’d like to grow up to be a farmer. In keeping with that, he loves to be beside his dad in the combine and on other...
Above is a photo from NRHEG superintendent Michael Meihaks day at the Minnesota State Captial. From left: Sean Koster, New Ulm Public Schools; John Regan, WEM; Michael Meihak, NRHEG; Rep Ben Bakeberg (Jordan); Ryan Laager, Belle Plaine; Mandy Fletcher, BEA; Ranea Case Evenson, Jordan; Lisa Shellum, Truman.
By michael meihak
NRHEG Superintendent
I was honored to join six fellow superintendents from the south-central region of Minnesota to meet with members of the state legislature. Our visit was an important opportunity to advocate for our schools and discuss critical issues facing education in...
NRHEG School board chair Rick Schultz was honored during the Minnesota School Board Association's (MSBA) annual recognition event on Jan. 16. Pictured with him are (left) MSBA president Linda Leiding and (right) executive director Kirk Schneidawind.
NRHEG School board chair Rick Schultz was among only 13 people statewide honored for having earned more than 300 “training points” by taking part in Minnesota School Board Association (MSBA) leadership and educational events. The acknowledgment took place during the organization’s annual “...
NRHEG Secondary counselor Liz Stiernagle (left) with Sheridan Stenbeck, who has been serving as a part-time unpaid intern with the NRHEG Secondary counseling office since the beginning of the school year. Star Eagle photo by Deb Bently
Still a student herself, Sheridan Stenbeck has been grateful to spend the 2024-25 school year learning alongside the students of NRHEG–although on a somewhat different level.
Stenbeck, 25, is completing the final stages to earn her master’s degree in school counseling from St. Cloud State...
NRHEG Band director Seth Schaefer and members of the 2025 band were able to set up shop in their refurbished space for the first time on Friday, Jan. 18. Construction delays had the room "in progress" for upgrades since before the school year began last September. The room now has reconstructed support structures under the tiered floor, new wooden floors and carpeting and upgraded electrical outlets. Perhaps the most visible change are the newly installed specialty cabinets spanning the back of the room. Star Eagle photo by Deb Bently
“I can’t say enough about Mr. Schaeffer’s professionalism and composure,” stated NRHEG Superintendent Michael Meihak regarding district band director Seth Schaefer’s response to a string of “construction woes” which began in June of 2024.
Until Friday, Jan. 17, those “woes” called upon Schaefer...
Court documents show that Daniel Petsinger of rural Ellendale won two counterclaims against internet service provider Jaguar LLC/Metronet on Dec. 23, 2024.
In 2008 Jaguar LLC/Metronet obtained an easement to construct a building erected at 601 Lageson Court within Ellendale city limits. That...
Charlie Berg is sworn in.
By ELI LUTGENS
Publisher/Editor
Members of the Ellendale City Council were sworn in during their first meeting of the year, January 9, 2025.
New members include recently elected Scott Swanson, and newly appointed Charlie Berg. Joel Meyer and mayor Scott Groth were also sworn in.
During...
Craig and Gail Anderson, founders of “Coyotes ‘fur’ Cancer” with their sons Leo, 15, and Wyatt, 19.
“A year of hell.”
Two-time cancer survivor Gail Anderson, a 1995 NRHEG graduate who now lives near Blooming Prairie, remembers her doctor told her that was what she could expect beginning from the time she was diagnosed with breast cancer seven years ago at the age of 39.
She says the warning...
Jody Reed and Lori Routh were sworn in as City Council members for Harland, MN at the city council meeting on Monday, Jan. 6 2025. Star Eagle photo by Ben Revermann
The Hartland city council held its first meeting of the year the evening of Monday, Jan. 6. During a very brief session, legally required organizational matters were taken care of. One of the first orders of business was to swear in three council members and the mayor.
To run for city council,...