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A rustic display catches the eye along Waseca County Highway 23 near the Wilton bridge. The nostalgic feature was made by Laurie Mariner and James Priebe, pictured here with grandchildren baby Charlotte Lund and Kenny Spiess.
For anyone driving south of Waseca on the Wilton Bridge Road, an old Ford F-100 pickup truck sits as a greeting to passersby where County Roads 4 and 23 meet.
James Priebe lives close to the truck. In fact, he’s the one who put it there. His girlfriend Laurie Mariner helped him do it. At...
Keen Bank is celebrating 150 years of serving the financial needs of Waseca and surrounding communities with a Customer Appreciation event on Thursday, August 22 at our Waseca location, 101 State Street N, from 4-6 p.m. Keen Bank will provide food, live music and giveaways while supplies last to...
Joe Staloch
My name is Joe Staloch and I’m running to represent district 23A in the Minnesota house this November. I want all Minnesotans to live better lives, to improve access and affordability of services, and to grow our rural communities.
I grew up on a family farm outside of Wells with my three...
Committee members behind the Ellendale mural project took a few moments to enjoy the new artwork, which went up last week next to the Ellendale Café. Pictured with Mayor Matthew Bartsch, center, they are: Gwen Reiss, Barbara Mrotz, councilor Jackie Froman, Cynthia Nelson, Jo Lerberg, and Ed Reiss.
Steele County Times
It’s (mostly) all over but the paperwork.
Volunteers who have worked more than three years to erect a mural in downtown Ellendale finally saw the original artwork up last week. All that remains is to install a closed cover across the top and LED lighting.
“It...
Members of the Ellendale Ambulance service include, from left: Merisa Thompson, Bethany Boswell, Alexis Bartness, Curt Boswell, Greg Bartsch (Director), Garry Gordinier (treasurer), Chris Stangl, Cody Boverhuis, and Ned Bell. Not pictured: Trudy Nelson, Katie Lamb and Janel Attig-Heideman.
The Ellendale Ambulance Service was the recipient of a Certificate of Excellence award for the calendar year 2023 for its service rate of 80% or higher of five or more of the Clinical Advisory Performance Measures by the Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board.
“This award is...
This past weekend, well over 100 members of the Groskreutz family gathered at JR's Barn near Waldorf, owned by Joel and Renee Groskreutz, to celebrate the one-hundred-fiftieth anniversary of the arrival of patriarchs Gottlieb and Karl, who who came to Minnesota in 1869 and 1874, respectively.
“We’re all strangers,” admits Jeff Groskreutz. “But we’re still family.”
Jeff, 69, and his wife Linda lived in Pemberton for 36 years before moving to a home on Lake Washington this summer. “Anyone who knows me,” he comments, “knows I love a good story.” It seems there’s no better place to...
Longtime golfing threesome of (from left) Neal Scott, 86; Kenny Eaton, 100; and Rolland Swenson, 97, marked Kenny’s one-hundredth birthday last week.
According to his golfing friends, Kenny Eaton’s two years as a drill sergeant carried through to his hobby as a golfer.
“He would call us up and tell us to ‘report to the golf course’ at a certain time,” comments long-time golfing companion Neal Scott, 86, pretending to be offended. “And...
Dear Editor,
It is with thankful hearts and great appreciation to the people in our local communities for the overwhelming support of the inclusive playground we are building in Ellendale at the elementary school playground! The donations from the parades in both Ellendale and New Richland...
During their July 22 meeting, New Richland city council members heard from area residents Ethan and Angel Hagen regarding the former First Congregational Church of New Richland, which was recently vacated by its congregation. The Hagens are considering acquiring the building and renovating it to...
A group photo of the 14/15U Quad Quad Cities Baseball team which competed in MBT State Tournament the weekend of July 19-21, 2024.
The Quad Cities Baseball Association (QCBA) sent two teams to the MBT State Tournament the weekend of July 19-21. The 13U team competed at the AA level in the Championship Tier while the 14/15U team played at the A level Championship Tier. Both teams had qualified for state earlier in the summer...