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Waseca FFA members and local Waseca royalty helped serve dinner at the Taste of the Farm event at Farmamerica on Thursday, June 1. From left: Mandi Root, Allie Eldeen, Katie Eldeen, Bailey Hodgkins, and McKenna Eichhorn.

Taste of the Farm

Farmamerica and Farm Bureau Financial Services of Waseca collaborated on Thursday, June 1 to give everyone a taste of what farm life is really like and the importance of agriculture. From 5-7:30 p.m., Farmamerica had plenty of farm-related expos ranging from informative to interactive....

Waseca Junior High band students performed their final performance of the 2022-’23 school year June 2 in the performing arts center.

JR High holds final concert

The Waseca Junior High Concert Band, consisting of musicians in seventh and eighth grades, had their spring and end of the year performance the night of June 2 at the Waseca High School performing arts center (PAC). The evening’s concert, directed by Jay Downie, consisted of six songs...

Clark Machtemes strums the banjo and sings during the hour long performance.

Summer concert series debuts

The Waseca Public Library kicked off its annual Summer Concert Series Tuesday night with music from the Travel Ground Band; about 50 people were in attendance. The concert series will be featuring bands from different genres at 7 p.m. each Tuesday in June at Trowbridge Park. Travel Ground...

The eleven members of the class present at the reunion included Donna Gehring, Violet Yerhart, Dick Papke, Pat Lyon, Norm Wolfe, Liz Smith, Lyle Root, Dick Wright, Helen Weckwerth, and Maynard Bruck.

Waseca class of 1953 reunion

On Thursday, May 18, eleven members of the Waseca Class of 1953 gathered to celebrate the 70th anniversary of their high school graduation. Class members were joined by their husbands and wives; The groups was very pleased with the turnout at Oscar’s Restaurant in Waseca.

Kathy Kronebusch at her farmers market stand.

Farmers market at fairgrounds

The Waseca Farmers Market had a successful start Saturday, June 3, at the fairgrounds as vendors set up from 8 a.m to noon. Available products ranged from wood creations to baked goods and fresh produce. Area resident Kathy Kronebusch has been selling both garden art and homemade baked...

Hundreds of photos peppered multiple poster boards on display during Blair Nelson’s memorial and funeral service.

Hundreds attend Nelson's funeral

“Dad would want this to be light,” said Tenille Jennings during her father’s funeral on June 5, before proceeding to tell about the numerous practical jokes she and her father shared, including the time she listed his car for sale on Craig’s List for an April Fools joke. About 500 people filled...

Board honors Nelson's service

The Board of County Commissioners honored Blair Nelson at its June 6 regular meeting by taking turns talking about what Nelson meant to them. Each of them also set a can of Coca-Cola by their computers, just as Nelson always had. Commissioner Brian Harguth started the meeting by saying how...

Regan Asselin and Ian Barnes walk to their seats with their fellow graduates.

'Chase your dreams, know the road home'

Coming in a mess, going out in style. That wasn’t the motto of the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton Class of 2023, but it does fit how their high school years went. In 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic started, they were only freshmen. But they came out better students and individuals, as high...

Blair Nelson

County leader, Nelson, dies suddenly

Waseca County Board of Commissioners chair Blair Nelson died of a sudden heart attack Tuesday night. Nelson was 65 years old, the father of three grown children, grandparent to many more, and happily married to Deanne. He served Waseca County as a commissioner since 2011, was co-owner of Waseca’s...

HONOR - Members of the Waseca American Legion and V.F.W. sponsored a Memorial Day program to recognize fallen members of the military and veterans who have died during the past year.

Memorializing

As the flags were raised and billowed in the breeze, people gathered the morning of Monday, May 29 on the lawn of the Waseca County courthouse and lined the streets in Waseca for a Memorial Day Ceremony honoring all those who have died either in the service of our nation, or as veterans during...