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Quiet council meeting, many updates

It was a quiet meeting for the Waldorf City Council on Monday, July 14. With two council members not in attendance, only Mayor Rob Wilkening and members Carrie Ferch, Jamie Beckstrand and Cody Schnepf were in attendance. In old business, the council adopted a resolution for the Minnesota...

Waseca School congratulates 4-H fair volunteers

The Waseca Public School Board held its regular session meeting on Thursday, July 17 on the second floor of the central building. Viola Rohr, junior class representative to the school board , was attending for the first time and introduced herself. Rohr participates in speech, marching band,...

EMOJIS AND EMOTIONS - Elsie, Maddie and Lucy all took part in the Janesville Public Library's Emoji Painting on Thursday, July 17, 2025.

Emoji art at public library

Janesville librarian Kelly Koplen was on hand for a smiling and creative event on Thursday, July 17. With fall-like temperatures outside, about 20 children were armed with paint brushes and big imaginations inside. An emoji is a colorful, simple symbol “embedded in text and used in...

The church has been holding the event since 1975.

Fair weather for St. Peter Lutheran Church Ice Cream Social in Otisco

St. Peter’s Lutheran Church of Otisco held its annual Ice Cream Social on Sunday, July 20, to seventy-degree temperatures and a light wind. With Farm and City Days over in New Richland, St. Peter’s offers a nice, relaxing way to unwind after a long weekend. The event is held under tents on the...

Audit reveals Janesville city finances strong

During their regular meeting the evening of July 12, Tom Olinger, an accountant with the auditing firm Abdo, told members of the Janesville city council that, based on their 2024 audit report, the city is sitting quite well despite inflation costs. Olinger told council members other cities whose...

Waseca County Fair brings joy, fun

Representatives of veterans’ organizations from across the county stood at attention as flags were ;raised to provide the official opening of the Waseca County Fair the afternoon of Wednesday, July 9. About 75 people observed the ceremony, standing in the warm sun on a humid day. Fair board...

Offshore Oasis owner MiKayla Miller stands in front of her tea collection in her shop located in downtown Waseca.

Offshore Oasis

A new Waseca shop which opened Monday, July 7, states its goal is to provide healthy, natural products to the community. Offshore Oasis, owned and run by Waterville resident MiKayla Miller, is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays. Located...

Christmas Time at the Mill seeking community support

For the fifth year in a row, “Christmas Time at The Mill” will take place the first Saturday in December. According to Jen Losen, a member of the event’s planning committee, it will feature all the free events it has in the past–cookie decorating, meeting Santa Claus, crafts, face painting, and...

First place for the adult Lakefest Freedom Run marathon was Cole Halla, (#77), second place was Michelle Baxter, (#101) on July 4, 2025.

Waseca Lakefest, 20th annual Freedom Run

With 91 degrees forecast to be the high for the day, the Lakefest Freedom Run kids’ marathon took place at 8 a.m., fortunately missing the hottest part of Friday, July 4: There were 12 children ages 4 to 15 taking part. Their course was one mile in length, taking them through the Clear Lake...

County support is last step of Marketplace funding

During their July 1 meeting, members of the Waseca County board of commissioners approved a $250,000 grant of local housing trust funds to the Marketplace construction project, a 36-unit apartment building to be located south of the Waseca Walmart parking lot along Second Street Northwest. ...