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During their regular Oct. 21 meeting, NRHEG school board members were informed a grant application submitted last spring by staff members Macy Whiteside and Angie Aaseth was awarded $202,000 under a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice to increase school safety.
Aaseth and...
Robert Swenson, 71, is new to New Richland, but not new to government and is seeking a position on the New Richland City Council.
Swenson is married to Lori Dahloff and is retired.
What do you consider the most important part of this job?
“Ensuring that the community receives...
Melissa Thompson, 52, is seeking election to the New Richland City Council. She has called New Richland home for nearly two decades.
Thompson is married to Mitch Thompson. Together they have children Jordan (Mariana), Braeden (Victoria), and Kaylei. They also have two grandchildren.
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Jody Wynnemer is seeking re-election to the New Richland City Council. Asked about his family and his age, Wynnemer responded, “Old Enough” and referenced his canine companion Barkley.
Wynnemer, an 18-year resident of New Richland, is a retired Navy Veteran and part-time gambling manager at...
Brandy Jacobson, 36, is seeking election to the New Richland City Council.
Jacobson is married to Kaleb Jacobson and has two children, Kreden, 5, and Bearren, 9 months. She works as a graphic designer for Viracon in Owatonna and has lived in New Richland for the past 13 years.
What...
Susan Phillips is a candidate seeking re-election to Geneva City Council. Phillips, retired, is very involved. She has served on the council, the Geneva Township Board, the Southeast Service Cooperative Board and the Freeborn County Planning Commission.
What do you consider the most...
Breast Cancer survivor Carrie Ferch
Carrie Ferch, a council member in Waldorf for the past 12 years, is a breast cancer survivor. After finding a lump in her right breast in January of 2012, she was diagnosed at stage 3c, which means the cancer was attacking her lymph nodes and would soon have begun metastasizing to other places in...
Beckstrand
Jamie Beckstrand, 27, is a candidate for the Waldorf City Council. She works as a Relationship Manager at United Prairie Bank. Beckstrand was born and raised just a mile outside of Waldorf. She spent four years attending college in Brookings South Dakota before purchasing her home in Waldorf in...
Waseca County Facilities Supervisor Teddy Hoehn next to a fallen tree in Waseca County's Courthouse Park. Logs from downed trees are being made available to county residents who can make use of them.
Waseca County residents who burn wood may want to look into the chance to acquire a free trailer load of logs being given away at Courthouse Park on Thursday, Nov. 7.
County facilities supervisor Teddy Hoehn explains a massive collection of logs between 5 and nearly 20 feet long will be...
Sheridan Stenbeck with her husband, Cody. She is the newest intern for the 2024/25 school year for the NRHEG school district.
Sheridan Stenbeck, 25, is serving a school-year internship with the counseling department at NRHEG Secondary School. The internship is a requirement she must meet to earn a counseling license in the state of Minnesota. A 2018 graduate of Forest Lake High School, she earned an undergraduate degree...