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SAINT PETER, Minn. - The Fall Semester Dean's List at Gustavus Adolphus College has been released. The list comprises students who have earned a 3.7 grade point average (based on a scale in which 4.0 = A) or higher for the semester ending in December 2023.
The following local students were...
The U.S. Postal Service is mailing a postcard to Hartland, MN addresses, announcing a proposed relocation of the Post Office, previously located at 507 Broadway Street, Hartland, MN 56042-4400. The postcard provides information about the public comment period.
Due to the tornado that...
DULUTH, Minn. (January 26, 2024) - The University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) has announced its Dean's List for Fall Semester 2023. Students on the Dean's List have achieved a grade point average of 3.50 or higher while earning a minimum of 12 letter-graded credits.
Susan Smith of Ellendale made...
NORTHFIELD, Minn. (January 24, 2024) - The following local students made the Fall 2023 Dean's List at St. Olaf College. The Dean's List is a scholarly award for students who demonstrate academic excellence.
Cora Harpel, of Ellendale, studying English and Creative Writing.
Located on...
Kathy Grinnell recently purchased the former Waldorf school building and moved in last summer with her three children. She has named the building “House of Restoration,” and says that the longer she lives there, the more ideas and plans her head and heart conceive about what she can accomplish...
Lifelong Waseca resident Danielle Hasselquist and her children Slader, 1, Soren, 8, Ezra, 9, and Madison Frederick, 12, found the Sleigh and Cutter medallion on their first trip to Sportsman Park along Clear Lake’s north shore the afternoon of Wednesday, Jan. 24.
“I was just thinking we should stop and come back another day, and then I saw it,” describes lifelong area resident Danielle Hasselquist. She and her four children had been searching for about half an hour in Sportsman Park when Danielle spotted something out of place among the bark of a tree...
Wendy and John Schultz of Lerberg’s Fitness Center in Ellendale.
Wendy Schultz, NRHEG physical education teacher and coach, runs Lerberg’s Fitness in Ellendale with her husband, John. A former Lerberg, Wendy is the daughter of Andy and Mary who used to be owners of Lerberg’s Foods; in March 2017, Wendy and John opened a gym next door to Lerberg’s Foods that...
Brent Possin
Area farmer and businessman Brent Possin, 50, died on Saturday, January 27, during a vacation trip to Cancun. He, his wife Lianne, local farmer Tyler Huber and others were at breakfast together at their resort on Friday when Brent suddenly collapsed. Friends and bystanders performed...
Cora Schlaak, age 4; Henry Schlaak, 10 months; Alyssa Schlaak, and Quinn Schlaak, age 3 enjoying a color matching activity at the Sesame Street Party held by the New Richland Public Library.
About twenty people attended a Sesame Street Party for ages 2-6, hosted by the New Richland Public Library on Monday, Jan. 22. Brianna Bleaker, children's librarian, handled the event.
The party featured a variety of Sesame Street themed activities focused on gross motor skills, pattern...
Waseca County's Township Association officers include secretary/treasurer Lester Kroeger, front left; board chair Bernie Frederick (front right), and (back row, from left) Chuck Schwab, Curt Keyes, Neil Roesler. Not pictured is board member Randy Peterson.
About 40 people attended the annual Waseca County Township Association meeting the evening of January 17. The association assists the county’s 12 individual township boards by disseminating information and allowing some tasks to be consolidated.
Toward those ends, the group holds an annual...