Waseca County News

12/27/2025

Heading into 2026, our SCENE Rants & Raves columnist is encouraging women everywhere to use their ego a little more liberally.

Why are women so bad at taking compliments? I don’t want to name names (Connie R.), but when someone compliments her cooking, she always responds with what she did wrong

12/25/2025

AP NATION: While streams of new music — releases from the last 18 months — were down from last year, one genre is on the rise: Christian and Gospel music, according to industry data and analytics company Luminate’s 2025 Midyear Report.

While streams of new music — releases from the last 18 months — were down from last year, one genre is on the rise: Christian and Gospel music, according to

12/23/2025

AP "STATE" PAGE: The full scale of the federal fraud schemes targeting Minnesota-run programs remains unknown, but prosecutors now say losses could reach into the billions.

The full scale of the federal fraud schemes targeting Minnesota-run programs remains unknown, but prosecutors now say losses could reach into the billions.

12/20/2025

The Justice Department released thousands of files Friday from its investigation into convicted s*x offender Jeffrey Epstein, though it acknowledged the release is still incomplete.

The Justice Department released thousands of files Friday from its investigation into convicted s*x offender Jeffrey Epstein even as it acknowledged that its documents disclosure about the wealthy financier, known

12/19/2025

"He's just a really good kid who happens to be really good at football."

”He’s just a really good kid who happens to be really good at football.”

12/19/2025

FROM THE AP "NATION" PAGE: Camdyn Glover used to be a quiet conservative. But she said something changed when Charlie Kirk was assassinated in September, and she started crying in her classroom at Indiana University while other students cheered and clapped.

Camdyn Glover used to be a quiet conservative. She worried what her teachers would think or if she would lose friends over her convictions. But she said something changed when

12/19/2025

Both the NRHEG and Medford boys basketball teams were coming off of their first wins of the season as they faced each other on Tuesday, Dec. 16 in Medford.

12/16/2025

The Waseca boys hockey team ended up falling to rival Luverne on the road Saturday, but that did not take away the great week they had, as they shut out two teams and had a player break the school's all time career assists record.

The Waseca boys hockey team ended up falling to rival Luverne on the road Saturday, but that did not take away the great week they had, as they shut out

12/15/2025

The Waseca gymnastics team will not have to travel for nearly a month for their competitions, as they will stay home for the holidays for their last two meets before the new year.

The Waseca gymnastics team will not have to travel for nearly a month for their competitions, as they will stay home for the holidays for their last two meets before

12/15/2025

The Waseca girls basketball team did not have to travel last week for competition, as they hosted the St. Peter Saints on Tuesday, Dec. 9 before hosting the Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Knights on Friday, Dec. 12.

The Waseca girls basketball team did not have to travel last week for competition, as they hosted the St. Peter Saints on Tuesday, Dec. 9 before hosting the Lake Crystal-Wellcome

12/15/2025

The Waseca Bluejays and the St. Peter Saints are now divisional opponents in the Big South black division, and the two teams faced off on Tuesday, Dec. 9 in Waseca after they have produced some entertaining basketball in their games against each oth…

The Waseca Bluejays and the St. Peter Saints are now divisional opponents in the Big South black division, and the two teams faced off on Tuesday, Dec. 9 in Waseca

12/13/2025

For the Scene Holidays edition, SoMinn Style explains the difference between dressing for photographs and dressing for each other.

There’s a holiday photo tucked somewhere in a box from 33 years ago — the kind with soft edges, warm tones, and the kind of charm that comes only from