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Hiway Credit Union members voted to approve the St. Paul-based credit union’s merger with SPIRE Credit Union, allowing two of Minnesota’s largest credit unions to proceed with joining forces.
The new, combined credit union will have assets of nearly $4 billion, serve approximately 250,000...
Betsy Donovan, Sandy Hendrickson and Sheri Donovan help put on a One of Kind treasures show at New Richland City Hall last Saturday. Pictured alongside the three of them are some of the “treasures” for sale.
New Richland City Hall played host to about two hundred area residents attending a “One of a Kind Treasures” show and sale Saturday morning.
“This is my addiction,” says Sheri Donovan. “I had a railer full of stuff and no way to market it.”
Donovan, with the help of friends and family: Sandy...
2023 Waseca Homecoming Court: Cecila Bjerke; Hannah LaCroix; Ella Krautkramer; Evelyn O'Brien; Ava Omtvedt; Addison Wieseler; Jack Anderson; Ahmed Farooq; Andrew Robran; Kaeden Johnson; Thomas Mens; and Eli Miller.
Waseca Homecoming 2023 kicks off next week. Coronation is set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 5 at the high school gymnasium, when royalty will be crowned based on a vote of the student body grades 9-12. The new king and queen will reign over homecoming activities including the parade scheduled...
The Waseca City Council set its preliminary levy increase for the 2024 tax year at .8%. Under state law, tax-supported agencies must begin the levy process by naming a preliminary level, followed by a final level which can be lower than the first amount, but not higher.
Some council members...
The hydraulic lifts at the western side of Waseca’s Conagra plant are capable of lifting and emptying a 45,000 pound trailer full of freshly picked sweet corn in less than an hour.
“Our building is beautiful. Our equipment is state of the art. But it’s the people who make the harvest go smoothly,” says Jeff Kraimer, manager of Conagra’s new 245,000-square-foot facility west of Waseca.
Kraimer mentions that the plant is capable of processing 45 million pounds of peas, 120...
Brock Nelson
According to Waseca County Assessor Brock Nelson, the assessed value of agricultural farmland in Waseca County rose by roughly 50 percent from 2022 to 2023.
The increase, he explains, rests on two factors. First, the actual sale price of farmland purchased during the respective time frames....
Elizabeth Koble and Olive Scheffert register for their “Power of Produce” vouchers while program supervisor Ashley Killday (standing) and volunteer Teresa Suek provide assistance.
For the past two months, the Power of Produce (PoP) club has set up its station at the Saturday morning farmers market held throughout the summer at the Waseca County fairgrounds.
Thanks to a program created by the University of Minnesota Extension office and funded by a host of local donors,...
John Simonette and Shelly Rockman represented the SMART service during the Marching Classic parade.
“We want people to know SMART is there for everybody,” says Shelly Rockman, operations manager for the Steele and Waseca county branches of the Southern Minnesota Area Rural Transit service.
“If their car is in the shop, if for some reason they just don’t feel like driving, they can get a ride...
“Anyone who has a car in the garage takes transportation for granted,” observes Kirk Kuchera, transit manager of Southern Minnesota Area Rural Transit (SMART), a public transportation agency which serves an area that includes Austin, Albert Lea, Owatonna and Waseca.
“We offer a level of...
Waseca Schools social studies teacher John Hanson teaches a required course for seniors on the topic of civics and American government. For more than 20 years, he has required students in the course to attend at least 45 minutes of a local government meeting “at any level.” He explains students...
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