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From left: Noah Beck from Rushmore Music Camp, Deb Wantoch Yess and Lindsey Kopetzki, Waseca local and SDSU Concert Choir member performed at Sacred Heart Church Monday, Oct. 28.
The South Dakota State University Concert Choir under the direction of Dr. Laura Diddle made Waseca’s Sacred Heart Church the second venue on the group’s fall tour, performing the evening of Monday, Oct. 28. Also part of the tour were three other community concert stops and six high schools.
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Church members Levi and Mandi Root helped at the dessert table. Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
“I like lutefisk,” stated Orlyn Reindel, 86, of Elysian. “I always take two or three servings.”
Reindel and his wife Sarah were among the 300 or so people who dined at the annual lutefisk dinner served at North Waseca Lutheran Church the evening of Sunday, Nov. 17.
Diners were served in three...
This corner marker located within a tree-covered area of Waseca County’s Courthouse Park is far more elaborate and specific than the stakes or “plugs” usually used by modern surveyors to mark section and quarter corners.
“Surveys in Waseca County are more expensive than any other area we work in,” observes Steve Thompson of Jones, Haugh and Smith Engineering out of Owatonna.
The problem, he explains, is “the uncertainty of the location of the corners that are needed.”
Thompson, a surveyor with 37 years of...
Sue McIntosh, program director, outside Waseca's Bethlehem Inn, a homeless shelter for women and children.Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
Bethlehem Inn, a homelessness shelter for women and children located in Waseca, has been in operation since 2019, after Father Lief of Sacred Heart Church and two community members had a conversation about how the parish’s convent building could be repurposed. Located across the street from the...
The members of the Waseca Chorale community choir have prepared a concert which combines traditional and newer Christmas music in a way which highlights the love and forgiveness the season represents. Their performance will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, at Waseca's Sacred Heart Church. Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
Even a brief chat with the members of the Waseca Chorale community choir provides ample proof music brings people together. The 45 or so area singers range in age from 21 to their mid 80s. They come from across the county and in some cases even further.
They look forward to blending their...
The Waseca chapter of the Minnesota Honor Society now has 74 members: 38 were inducted last year. They were joined by five members of the senior class and 31 members of the junior class during a ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2024.
“That you are on this stage tonight says a lot about who you are. It is no small thing to be invited into this organization,” Waseca Junior/Senior High School principal Dr. Jason Miller told the members of the Minnesota Honor Society (MHS) during their annual induction ceremony the evening of Nov...
Waseca based iWealth recently expanded into Mankato, taking on the former EFS investment firm operated by Gary Guentzel. Thanks to the merger, iWealth now has 16 team members.
“Money doesn’t make us happy,” declares Brad Connors. “Purpose does.”
Connors, 50, is at the helm of Waseca-based iWealth, a company which offers guidance on investments, insurance, and finance.
After graduating from Waterville-Elysian-Morristown in the late 1980s and going on to attend...
Iris Tzafrir (center) with Grace Lutheran Church outreach committee members (back, from left) Mary Jenatscheck, Jonna Moen, Pastor Jillene Gallatin, (front, flanking Tzafrir) Carlene Rosenthal and Chuck Brenner. Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
“During my childhood, I was angry with God,” remembers Iris Tzafrir.
Tzafrir’s parents, both Holocaust survivors, married in Israel in 1949 and went on to raise two daughters and two sons. Tzafrir’s childhood anger stemmed from what seemed like odd behavior on her parents’ part.
“Why did I...
From left: Rick and Sheila Morris of Waseca Floral; Diane Beckmann of Thrivent Financial; Larry Johnson of MinnWest Bank; Abbe Hoehn of The Mill; and Dr. Jay Bulfer with his wife Lyndsea of Growing Roots Chiropractic were acknowledged during the Waseca Area Chamber of Commerce Business & Industry Celebration, at The Mill the evening of Oct. 29, 2024.
The Mill Event Center was abuzz with activity the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 29 for the Waseca Area Chamber of Commerce 2024 Business & Industry Celebration. Organization executive director Ann Fitch acted as emcee for this event which celebrates the accomplishments and dedication of Waseca...
Jennifer Burt, office manager with Patton, Hoversten and Berg law office in Waseca, wanted students to know they don't have to be lawyers to do important work in the field of law.Pioneer photo by Deb Bently
About 350 students from the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (JWP) and Waseca high schools, the Alternative Learning Center, and the Southwest Metro Partnership “Transitions” program attended a career fair at The Mill in Waseca co-sponsored by the Waseca counseling department and the Waseca Area...
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