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The Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge Choir performed and gave testimonies for the Waseca Assembly congregation Sunday, March 26

Challenge Choir at Christian Assembly

The Christian Assembly in Waseca played host to the Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge Choir Sunday, March 26. Based out of Rochester, the choir has 42 members, all of whom were Christian men with troubled pasts. The purpose of the choir is not only to give them an outlet while fighting against...

Fifteen members of the Waseca County Sheriff's Mounted Posse hosted representatives from many other posses around the state Saturday, March 18. Among those in attendance were former and current sheriff's department officers, their families, and volunteers “who just want to help out their community.”

Posses gather from around the state

After 15 years, the Waseca County Sheriff’s Posse was the host of the Minnesota Sheriff’s Mounted Posse Association’s convention, which took place at the Mill on Saturday, March 18. The state convention brings around 250 people from throughout Minnesota to its event. Every year, one of the...

CEDAR CRATE - Dan. Lara, and Addie Zimmerli of Cedar Crate Farms, Waldorf, were recognized as Waseca County’s Farm Family of the Year during the March 16 Farm and City Luncheon.

Farm family of the year

The most distinguished ag award given out Thursday at Waseca’s Farm and City Luncheon went to Dan and Lara Zimmerli of Waldorf. Cedar Crate Farms was selected by the Minnesota Extension office as Waseca County’s Farm Family of the Year. “Thank you so much,” Lara said during her acceptance...

OUTSTANDING - The Harguth family, from left: Adam, Nick, Jacob, Anne and Claire. Nick is 12 and currently in sixth grade at Waseca junior high school; Jacob is 14 and in eighth grade; Claire is 10 and a fifth grader.

Harguths honored

The Adam and Anne Harguth family was celebrated with the Waseca County’s Outstanding Young Farmer award during the 2023 Waseca County Farm and City Luncheon Thursday, March 16. “I think I knew [I wanted to be a farmer] since about three,” Adam remembers. “I tore my mom's carpet up to be deck...

TAROT DECK - Area photographer James Taylor used his skill at portraiture in creating a unique deck of Tarot cards, now on display at the Waseca Art Center.

Art Center hosts photographer

The Waseca Art Center hosted photographer James Taylor at a reception for the closing of his art gallery Friday, March 17 for his project, the Semaj Roytal Tarot. Taylor, of Mankato, started taking pictures twelve years ago at sixteen and says he got his start because his father, now retired,...

Policy updates, construction approved

In the absence of commission chair Blair Nelson, vice chair Brian Harguth led the March 21 regular meeting of the Waseca County Board. John Donahue attended as a visitor and took the podium during public comment to inform the board he felt like they'd given a “slap in the face” to Warnecke...

FAMILY - Those in attendance to watch Charlie Priebe accept the 2023 Senior Active Farmer Award during the Farm and City Luncheon are, from left: Isaac Thompson, Noah Thompson, Jacob Thompson, Jodie Thompson, Charlie Priebe, Monica Priebe and Charlie’s sister, Charlott Priebe Wilhelm.

‘Still excited’ to farm

During the 2023 Waseca County Farm and City Luncheon Thursday, March 16, local Charlie Priebe was recognized for his role in Waseca County agriculture earning the “Senior Active Farmer Award.” “My life started with farming,” Priebe smiles. “I rented my first piece of land the spring of my...

Mark Bernard accepts the Waseca County Distinguished Agricultural Leadership – Active award from Gyles Randall.

Bernard honored, surprised

During the 2023 Waseca County Farm and City Luncheon Thursday, March 16, local Mark Bernard was recognized as a leader in area agriculture and honored with the “Distinguished Agricultural Leadership” award. “I was a little surprised by the nomination,” Bernard said after the program. “When I...

Waseca FFA members helping with the Farm and City Luncheon March 16 at the Mill in Waseca, are, from left: Senior Kloe Wadd, sophomore Addison Kelm, junior Bailey Hodgkins and senior Ava Nolland.

FFA groups help with luncheon

Helping serve more than 200 people during the annual Farm and City Luncheon held March 16 at the Mill in Waseca were members of the Waseca and JWP Future Farmers of America organizations. The students gave a brief presentation about the FFA License plate program during lunch. Presenting,...

Jae Trahms of Janesville accepts a posthumous award on behalf of his grandfather, Janesville farmer Alfred Trahms.

Trahms farmer leader

Beloved Janesville farmer and community leader Alfred Trahms was honored posthumously as a distinguished leader in Waseca County Agriculture during the annual Farm and City Luncheon Thursday, March 16. Each year Waseca County recognizes a deceased leader who dedicated his or her life to the...