Waseca County News

12/23/2024

Until a snowstorm on the 19th, December 2024 had been light on snow. But the lack of a white Christmas season hasn’t stopped dozens and dozens of homeowners throughout Waseca

12/23/2024

Eight years after it was adopted by a Waseca City Council which saw it as one possible way to spark much desired residential development, the residential tax abatement program is

12/22/2024

While the 2024-25 school year might only be halfway done, Waseca School Board, staff and administrators are hard at work negotiating a series of modest schedule changes and improvements to

12/21/2024

At its final meeting of 2024, the Waseca County Board of Commissioners did its best to chip away at the local shortage of affordable housing, putting more than $200,000 of

12/21/2024

At its final work session of the year, the Waseca County Board of Commissioners heard a full update on the state of its county jail from County Administrator Michael Johnson

12/21/2024

Mention the word “vintage” and I’m all in. Perhaps it’s my age. But probably not. I’ve always preferred the stuff of yesteryear to the stuff of today. For that reason,

12/20/2024

It seems like nothing can stop the Waseca Bluejays boys basketball team right now, as it’s on a roll to start the 2024-25 season.

12/20/2024

Most dog owners know that if anything is going to break down on a long hunt, it is a dog’s feet.

12/20/2024

Experience can be essential to a team's success, and that seems to be a factor in the early goings of the Waseca 2024-25 boys hockey season.

12/20/2024

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12/19/2024

This weeks scene Editor's Choice picks include Wendt Sisters.

Playing a wide variety of music from the 50s to the 90s, country and gospel.

12/18/2024

With Minnesota’s Legislature set to convene for its 2025 legislative session in under a month, the days of expansive agendas fueled by large budget surpluses now seem but a distant

12/18/2024

Three months after approving a preliminary levy increase of 16%, Janesville’s City Council has approved a much more frugal levy increase of 4.6%, falling below its 10 year average levy

12/17/2024

Following a wage study which confirmed that city wages have fallen behind other neighboring communities, causing difficulties with recruitment and retention in a tight labor market, New Richland’s City Council

12/17/2024

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12/17/2024

Starfire Event Center and The Mill Event Center in Waseca both played host to annual Christmas and holiday celebrations this month, helping to foster some jolly spirit in town.

12/16/2024

A hotly anticipated section championship rematch from last year turned into a blowout for a cruising Waseca boys basketball team.

Last year, the Waseca boys basketball team did not expect to win the section championship. This year, it didn’t expect to breeze its way through a regular season matchup against

12/16/2024

This year's gymnastics team is the smallest coach Kim Wendland has worked with at just seven athletes, but the Bluejays showed their might in a home opening win over Blue Earth.

The Waseca gymnastics team is a small but mighty crew, as its roster of seven is the smallest number of athletes that coach Kim Wendland has ever had in her