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Enjoying some fishing at the Loon Lake pier are (from left) Monty, 13; Alex, 12; and Juniper Revermann, 11. Thanks to improvements over the past few years, water quality technician George Klug predicts there will be some keeper-size walleyes to be caught in the lake this winter.
Waseca area water technician George Klug has deep respect for the individual ecosystems all lakes represent. Someday, he hopes he’ll even understand them.
Locally, Klug is recognized as having installed a relatively small piece of equipment–easily of a size that will fit in a pickup bed–...
Woody and Lori Underwood won first prize with their black 1969 Pontiac GTO.
Some 52 vintage automobiles were entered in the Waldorf Antique Car and Truck Show the afternoon of Friday, August 23, from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Winners included Woody and Lori Underwood who won first prize with their 1969 Pontiac GTO. In second place was Rick Kendall with his 1950 Mercury; taking...
Owatonna’s commercial growth continues as a new car dealership is slated to open on the north side of town sometime within the next year.
“We are supposed to break ground in the next two to three weeks,” said Chris Knutson, owner-operator of Marthaler Honda. Majority owner Aaron Marthaler...
New Richland area resident Dave Russell at the wheel of his Model T Ford.
Dave Russel grew up hearing stories his Grandpa Harold, born in 1908, would tell about driving Model T cars. “He had all kinds of stories,” Dave remembers. “He would talk about riding in them, driving them. He made it sound somehow special.”
Harold died in 1983, two years before Dave...
Members of the Waldorf City Council voted during their regular August 12 meeting to install city resident Jim Majesky as its newest member. Majesky replaces former councilman, Jay Longenecker, who is no longer eligible to serve in the position because he is now a resident of Janesville.
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This large grain bin on the Mark Byron farm in St. Mary township was crushed by the August 5 tornadoes. It was empty at the time.
Waseca County Sheriff Jay Dulas reports the National Weather Service visited Waseca County Tuesday of last week and, after viewing damage which occurred along a trail beginning southwest of Janesville and continuing eastward into Otisco township, determined the county had experienced two “EF 1”...
“ASK A TROOPER” by Sgt. Troy Christianson
Question: My husband always used to say "never use your cruise control during any rain."
Is that still true with advances on tires and technology?
Answer: He is correct, cruise control should never be used on wet or icy roadways. If...
Area filings for election to city and school elected positions closed last week. Listed here are those who have filed for various school board openings across southern Minnesota per the Minnesota Secretary of State’s website. Candidate questionaires will be sent to the three candidates who have...
Joel Born, 61, works about 70 hours each week for a private construction contractor. Raised in Waseca, Born spent a short time living in Ellendale before becoming a full-time resident of Owatonna for the past 45 years.
Beth Ohnstad, sister to Born, was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer that...
Area filings for election to city and county elected positions closed last week.
Many candidates are running. Notably, Waseca County Commissioner Douglas Christopherson has a challenger for his seat, John Donahue. Christopherson was first elected in 2016. He represents New Richland,...