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WHO WILL REIGN? — Candidates for this year’s NRHEG Homecoming are, front: Mallory Schlinger, Tayla Sandry, Lia Johannsen, Sierra Misgen, Hannah Brunsen, and Violet Elise Aronson.Back: Jayden Fleming, Harbor Cromwell, Owen Bartlett, Cole Hutchens, Alden Dobberstein and Jase KnudsonCoronation will take place Tuesday, September 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the high school gymnasium in New Richland.
NRHEG Homecoming week 2024 kicks off next week. Coronation is set for 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 24 at the high school gymnasium in New Richland. Parades are scheduled for Friday at 12:30 p.m. in Ellendale and 2:15 p.m. in New Richland. The homecoming game will be Friday at 7 p.m. against...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has set up a disaster relief center in the Waseca municipal safety building at 303 S. State Street. About a dozen representatives are available to help homeowners and renters who experienced losses during the storms and flooding that occurred in the county between June 19 and July 4 as they apply for grants to help cover the cost of repairs and reconstruction.The relief center will be open through September 27: hours are from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on weekdays and from 9 to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. No appointment is needed. Disaster relief funds can also be requested online.
FEMA/State Disaster Recovery Centers opened Friday, September 13 and will remain open through Friday, September 27, 2024 in Waseca to help residents kick-start their recovery after the severe storms and flooding of June 16 – July 4. The center will be closed Saturday for the Waseca Marching...
NRHEG band instructor Seth Schaefer and drum major Grace Starman among band equipment and instruments stored on the secondary school stage while work continues to reconstruct the band room. Band members have been preparing to take part in the Waseca Marching Classic since the first week of school.
“We pretty well hit the ground running,” observes NRHEG Secondary School band director Seth Schaefer. “We had a lot to do, and we couldn’t let the complications get in our way.”
The “complications” of which he speaks are a disassembled band room, the need to store instruments and music in...
Front are Harriet and Ken Eaton. Back: Carol and Rolland Swenson. Rolland was the general contractor for the building project. Ken, along with many men of the church, donated their labor to complete the building.
In 1962, the congregation of what was then called the “Swedish Evangelical Mission Church” was experiencing growing pains. The wooden structure that had housed their services since 1878 did not have enough space for Sunday School classes; the building’s “auditorium” was not large enough to...
During the Sept. 9 meeting of the New Richland city council, Brandy Jacobson was sworn in as the newest council member. She replaced council member Janda Ferguson who became acting mayor after Loren Skelton stepped down for health reasons. Resident John Mrozek was appointed to the city’s housing...
Waseca County residents, community leaders, business owners, area agencies and organizations now have an opportunity to share how severe weather events impact their property and lives. There is also an opportunity to share their ideas on how to reduce local impacts in the future.
The Waseca...
The first order of business at Waldorf’s monthly city council meeting the evening of Monday, Sept. 9, was to swear in the newest council member, Jim Majeski. Majeski takes the seat of former member Jay Longenecker who moved out of town.
With the state office of cannabis management pressing...
The Ellendale City Council unanimously approved a preliminary tax increase of 8.49% during their regular meeting September 12, 2024.
The largest reasons for the increase from last year’s budget are the purchase agreement for a new side-by-side and a new floor cleaner. A truth in taxation...
Ellendale Geneva Class of 1974 met for a tour of the current elementary school on Saturday, September 7. Pictured left to right: Rick Loberg, Lee, Marie Dobberstein, Jan, Max Deraad, Gordy Carroll and Stan Mork.
Jan Bartsch of the Ellendale Geneva High School Class of 1974 organized a special tour for her class's fiftieth reunion the afternoon of Saturday, September 7. Though the district has been New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva (NRHEG) since 1993, the group in attendance on Sept. 7 graduated from...
Trooper Walton, left, and Trooper Moon, right.
“How many of you already have your drivers’ license?” asked Minnesota State Trooper Herbert Moon as he looked out over the members of NRHEG’s 2024-’25 sophomore class assembled in the school commons the afternoon of Tuesday, Sept. 3. Then he asked how many had their learner permits. Altogether...