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Tara Reich has been leading the MNPrairie human services agency, which includes offices in Dodge, Steele, and Waseca counties, since 2023, and was named its executive director in March. She describes her job as “a combination of keeping us moving forward internally while also expanding our paths into the communities."
Tara Reich, appointed executive director of MNPrairie this past March, has a number of goals she is working toward in her new position.
One of them, she says, is to reduce the number of people who ask her what “MNPrairie” is. With offices in Steele, Dodge, and Waseca counties, the Minnesota...
Alivia Uhlenkamp proudly shows off the American Legion membership certificate which acknowledges Robert Kipp, her grandfather, as a member for fifty years.
Alivia Uhlenkamp, 15, and a member of the V.F.W.’s Junior Veterans of Foreign Wars in Waldorf, traveled with her family from Green Isle to attend the Memorial Day service at the Community Center. Following the program, she laid a wreath she made at the grave of her great-grandfather Gerald Kipp,...
Arcadian Bank’s Mark Heinemann, Daniel Otten and Michael Yocom.
Arcadian Bank announces the promotion of Mark Heinemann to the position of CEO of Arcadian Bank, formerly known as Farmers State Bank of Hartland. Daniel Otten, the Bank’s current CEO and Chairman, commented, “With 20 years of experience, all at Arcadian Bank, Mark has earned the position of CEO...
Elected to the SWCE board of directors, June 4, were (left to right): PJ Duchene, District I; Neil Schlaak, District 3; and Rodney Krell, District 5.
Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric members in attendance for the co-op's 88th annual meeting Tuesday, June 4, learned the results of the co-op's first-ever mail-in ballot for three director seats.
Steele-Waseca Cooperative Attorney Tricia Lancaster announced to the 461 registered members in...
They stood together for the final time.
One by one, they walked out into the world.
The 57 members of the NRHEG class of 2024 graduated Sunday afternoon in a packed high school gymnasium in New Richland.
Principal Grant Berg got the show rolling as he lightheartedly welcomed and...
Jim Hanson in front of the Beechkraft King Air 200.
Jim Hanson of Clarks Grove didn't exactly jump at the chance to buzz the Washington DC Capitol Mall in a 1974 Beechcraft King Air 200 for the historic Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) DC Flyover on Saturday, May 11.
It was months ago that Doug Rozendaal of Clear Lake called...
New Richland Care Center Administrator Bob Johannsen reported during the New Richland City Council’s second meeting of the month on Monday, May 28, that the center’s average census continues to rise. April’s average census was at 39.2, up from 36 in March and 33 in February. April financials for...
NRHEG Valedictorians and Salutatorians for 2024, from left: McKenzie Mueller, Payton Bunn, Hallie Schultz, Brenna Sommer, and Erin Peterson.
NRHEG co-valedictorian Hallie Schultz, 18, is the daughter of Rick and Jackie Schultz of New Richland. She plans to attend Iowa State University next fall, and will be studying architecture.
During school, she has been a class officer on the student council, participated in DECA and the...
McKenzie Mueller is the daughter of Rich and Penni Mueller of Ellendale. She has two brothers, Matthew and Jordan.
Mueller’s plans for this fall are to attend the University of Minnesota, Duluth, where she will major in exercise and rehabilitation science; she plans a career as a physical...
Brenna Sommer is the daughter of Tony and Amanda Sommer of Ellendale. She has two younger siblings, Brooklyn and Jacob. Her plan for the next fall is to attend Minnesota State University in Mankato, where she will major in communication sciences and disorders.
While in high school, Sommer...