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Regular meeting minutes of the Geneva City Council on May 14, 2024.
The City of Geneva met in a regular session on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Steve Bailey at 6:30 p.m. at the Geneva Community Center. Present were Council members Phillips, Wayne, Bartsch...
Denise Wright, Waseca County's director of emergency management.
Minnesota meteorologist Mark Seeley reports that Minnesota just finished the “wettest April, May and June in state history.” A statement he gave a few days ago on MPR listed “off-the-charts rainfall,” a June in which as many as 20 days included measurable precipitation, and high levels of...
The garden of Geneva residents Neal and Shelley Pederson.
"Explore the Gardens of Geneva, Mn" is the theme for Albert Lea Art Center's ART & GARDEN TOUR 2024. Five gardens in Geneva will be open to the public to visit on Friday, July 19th from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, July 20th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tickets may be purchased at any of the...
From T-Ball tournaments to tractor pulls, Ellendale brimmed with excitement and variety this past weekend for the annual "Ellendale Days" celebration this past weekend June 27-30. Above, Greyson Moon, 13, from LeCenter, was able to man the bubble machine brought to the parade by the Ellendale Lions...
NRHEG teacher Theresa Buendorf led a group of 46 people from our area, including a few from the USC school district, on a 12-day trip through to New Zealand and Australia.
If you encounter someone from the NRHEG area who greets you with “Kia Ora (pronounced key-or-ah),” they were likely part of a group that recently took a trip to New Zealand and Australia. In New Zealand, “Kia Ora” is used as a greeting, wishing good health, or saying thank you.
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Farm and City Days is scheduled for this weekend in New Richland, beginning Friday night.
The big weekend is here, New Richland.
Farm & City Days, the annual celebration that seems to swell the population of the town by several hundred, runs Friday through Sunday, July 5-7. The parade is scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday, followed by a street dance from 8 p.m. to midnight on...
The Bestemore Stagecoach in use. Hand built by Donna Thoreson's brother, Glenn Adams, the stage will be available for viewing during the county fair at the Waseca County Historical Society's display. Thoreson is loaning the coach to the historical society; its presence is meant to call attention to the recent publication of "Stagecoaches across Waseca County and Neighboring Counties" by Waldorf area resident Judy Joecks.
Self-proclaimed “muleskinner” Donna Thoreson, 85, has owned a stagecoach since 2003. She and her husband LeRoy traveled over a five-state region taking it or other mule-drawn vehicles to parades, “wagon train” trips, horse shows and historic reenactments.
While she has an extensive...
Freeborn County Sheriff Ryan Shea.
Freeborn County Sheriff Ryan Shea, 48, began his training to become a law enforcement officer back in the mid-1990s for a crowded profession.
“There was a time when there would be more than 100 applications for a single position,” Shea describes.
Those days, however, are gone.
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People Service Manager Shell Johnson
Flooding that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has described as "catastrophic" has taken over much of the state, leaving "entire communities under feet of water."
Officials in Waterville said their area is experiencing the worst flooding in its history and that the Minnesota National Guard has...
A full lineup of events is in place for the annual Ellendale Days celebration beginning Thursday, June 27, and concluding Sunday, June 30, 2024.
On Thursday, tacos will be served by the Ellendale Days committee outside of RJ’s Bar. The Dan Stursa Band will perform on the small stage from 5...