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NRHEG Competition Cheer members in the NRHEG Secondary Site Gym, in New Richland, Friday, Febuary 9, 2024
The NRHEG Competition Cheer team took eighth place during the National High School Cheerleading Competition at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando, Florida earlier this month.
After missing the national finals by a mere fraction of a point a year ago, and falling short of a...
Mike Coy said his favorite part of the benefit was visiting with the many friends, family members and former coworkers who were in attendance. Here, one-time Kenworth employees Doug Stein (left) and Jacob Velzke (right), along with Jacob’s father, Jeff, visit with Mike.
More than 250 people from Waseca County and beyond attended the Feb. 17 benefit for Mike Coy, 71, a lifelong county resident who has been diagnosed with cancer of the liver.
Mike’s wife Cindy says the couple is “overwhelmed” with the generosity of people in attendance who paid free-will...
The New Richland City Council approved Resolution 24-03 in opposition to redesigning the state flag and seal during its first meeting of the month on Monday, Feb. 12. The resolution was drafted following a conversation at a January meeting regarding the newly designed state flag, when a council...
The Ellendale City Council approved a quote of $169,410 for a new water tank and apparatus to refit the old fire department tanker truck during its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 8. A $7,550 quote for sandblasting and painting the truck cab was also approved. The council agreed to take...
MANKATO, MN – The South Central Minnesota EMS has launched a volunteer recruitment campaign in hopes of filling a significant need for emergency medical providers. The South Central Minnesota EMS supports emergency responder agencies in a nine-county region of Southern Minnesota and is looking...
The 19th Annual Steele County 4-H Pasta Dinner and Silent Auction fundraiser will take place Sunday, February 25 from 4 – 7 p.m. at the Owatonna Middle School located at 500 15th St NE, Owatonna. Silent auction tables will close at 6 and 6:30 p.m.
This fundraiser benefits the entire Steele...
Below are some some student statements about what they liked most about Snow Week:
Hailey Deniz-Clark: My favorite Snow Week activity was coronation. I liked it because the two people I voted for won. I was super happy that Danny won. Me and Danny also won the rhyming day.
Orion Bass...
Andrew Broitzman displays his first-place plaque for winning the "knife skills" category at a recent competition.
“We took first place in every category we entered,” observes NRHEG Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) teacher Kelly Delacruz. “Even one we didn’t know existed.”
Delacruz is describing a Feb. 15 culinary arts contest held at MNSU in Mankato. All South Central Service Cooperative schools...
The Willows in New Richland was first established in 2006 under the ownership of Jim Blake. Travis and Heather Blake purchased the businesses in 2016. Longtime employee Julie Arnold, alongside her husband John, purchased the business last week.
Last week The Willows in New Richland was sold to John and Julie Arnold of New Richland.
The previous owners, Travis and Heather Blake, made the announcement via Facebook.
“Today we close a very big chapter,” the Blakes said in the announcement. “This is a bittersweet day as our life...
A farm and tractor man to the core rural Waseca County resident Mike Coy.
If Mike Coy’s life were a river, he might describe it as “narrow, but deep.” Mike, 71, has lived in Waseca County his entire life and has already arranged to be buried in a county-managed cemetery located on land once owned by his extended family.
A farm and tractor man to the core, he...