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POLLINATORS WELCOME - Some of the funding which helped make the new pollinator garden at the New Richland Sportsmen's Club possible came from the New Richland Area Foundation. Rocks and Roots Landscaping of Hartland prepared the site, planted the flowers and put identifying labels in place. Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
The New Richland Sportsmen’s Club invites people to stop by and view two updated landscape features at the organization’s grounds on the east side of Highway 13. Club members are issued keys and can open the gate; visitors can park outside the gate and walk in.
Thanks to the club’s efforts...
BAKED GOODS - Amanda Riehm and her husband Andy make up "The Tattooed Baker," a new stand at the Waseca Farmers Market, selling baked goods on Saturday, August 2, 2025.Pioneer photo by Ben Revermann
Beginning two weeks ago, “The Tattooed Baker” has been a new stand at the Waseca farmers market on Saturday morning at the fairgrounds. Armed with her new license to sell baked goods, she and her husband had their stand open for business. The temp was in the lower 70s, giving the market vendors a...
WONDER OF OUR BRAIN - Author Dr. Pria Anand virtually presented her book, “The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains” courtesy of the Waseca Le Sueur Library System on Thursday, July 31.
Author Dr. Pria Anand recently appeared virtually, courtesy of the Waseca Le Sueur Library System on Thursday, July 31, to talk about her book, “The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonders of Our Brains.” Anand is a neurologist at the Boston Medical Center and an assistant...
WONDERS FOR THE SKIN - Sydney Lewer, 19, struggled with acne before deciding to try making her own skin care product, which became the foundation of her business, Syd’s Sleek Renderings.
Syd's Sleek Renderings is one of the newest businesses in the NRHEG area, and its owner, Sydney Lewer 19, wasn't expecting it to take off like it did.
Lewer was continuing her education after high school when she decided the college scene wasn't for her. Her ultimate plan was to go into the...
HIGH ACHIEVER - Bailie MacIntosh was honored at the 2025 MVAC Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner.
Minnesota Valley Action Council (MVAC) held its 60th Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner to celebrate successes over the past year. Each year, MVAC honors an achiever or a supporter from each of the nine counties that represent the agency service area and names the Roger J. Wolfe Achievement...
A BRIGHT FUTURE - Waseca High School graduate Damarius Russell participated in track, football, and basketball during his high school career. Pioneer photo by Jim Lutgens
According to Waseca High School football coach Brad Wendland, Damarius Russell has everything it takes to be a Division I athlete.
He's proven that.
Russell, a 2025 graduate of WHS, will begin his Division I quest this fall for the football team at Washington State University.
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RIDE THE WAVES - The Bayside Water Skiers, based in Albert Lea, hosted the regional water ski competition on Clear Lake in Wasecaon the weekend of July 26 and 27. Pioneer photos by Deb Bently
The Bayside Water Skiers organization, based in Albert Lea, had been planning to host the regional water ski competition for about the past year, according to tournament manager and Bayside member Brad Belcher.
Organizers found out less than 24 hours in advance that they would have to move...
COMPASSION - Stacey Schroeder, left, and Hilary Johnson have a total of more than 50 years of experience in the cosmetology business. Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
Two of Waseca’s many hair stylists feel they’re speaking for the whole profession when they suggest it does no good to ask any of them when they’ll be finished with work.
Stacey Schroeder and Hilary Johnson work out of Kroeger’s Koncept salon near the Waseca Bomgaars, but both have worked...
BIG FAN - Property owners Dan and Cheryl Forrest with Mark Petersen of Breezy Mills, the Milford, IA, company which made the fan blade that was recently installed on the Forrests' Waseca County home place. Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
From the time she moved back to the farm where she spent her childhood, Cheryl Forrest felt as if something was missing.
Standing on the yard of the farmsite where she and husband Dan have lived for the past 11 years is an impressive 70-foot-tall windmill tower–the old-fashioned sort which...
Waseca County Public Health is the chief strategist in handling more than $1 million allocated to the county in the national opioid settlement.
“Most important is that we hear from the community on how they feel these funds should be allocated based on what they see, what they’re...
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