Andrew Deziel

3 days ago | southernminn.com | Andrew Deziel

After two weeks of wrestling with the tough decision and another long discussion, the Waseca County Board of Commissioners has voted to save the county’s Sentencing to Serve program, taking on the costs, which have been orphaned by the state and, at least temporarily, Le Sueur County. kAms6DA:E6 :ED 7:D42==J 4@?D6CG2E:G6 C6AFE2E:@?[ E96 3@2C5 DH2==@H65 D:8?:7:42?E FA7C@?E 2?5 @?8@:?8 6IA6?D6D[ :? @C56C E@ D2G6 2 AC@8C2>[ H9:49[ 2D r@FCE $6CG:46D s:C64E@C y@?

3 days ago | southernminn.com | Andrew Deziel

At Superintendent Beth Giese’s final meeting, the Kenyon-Wanamingo School Board approved its first draft budget for the 2025-26 school year, as the district continues to squeeze its budget to escape statutory operating debt. kAm(9:=6 z\( 4@?E:?F6D E@ 7246 2 7@C>:523=6 7:?2?4:2= 9@=6 — 5@F3=6 5:8:ED 2D 2 A6C46?E286 @7 :ED 6IA6?5:EFC6D — qFD:?6DD |2?286C s2H? $2?53F=E6 D2:5 E92E E96 5:DEC:4E :D 8@:?8 :?

4 days ago | southernminn.com | Andrew Deziel

After many years of focusing on supporting important mission projects from the locally focused to the globally minded, Waseca’s Sacred Heart Catholic Church is finally turning its focus inward with its “Preserving Our Past, Building Our Future” campaign. kAmu@C E96 7:CDE E:>6 D:?46 `hhg[ $24C65 w62CE 92D 6>32C<65 @? 2 42A:E2= 42>A2:8? H:E9 2 E9C66 J62C 8@2= @7 C2:D:?8 2?5 :?G6DE:?8 S`]d >:==:@? :? :>AC@G6>6?ED E@ :ED D:K23=6 2?5 9:DE@C:4 49FC49 2?5 D49@@= 42>AFD ;FDE H6DE @7 5@H?E@H?

4 days ago | southernminn.com | Andrew Deziel

At its first meeting of the summer, the Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton School Board set the district budget for the coming school year and passed a tough new policy on student cell phone use, effectively barring students from using their phones at any point during the school day. kAm&?56C E96 46== A9@?6 A@=:4J 2D 25@AE65[ DEF56?ED :? 2== 8C256D H@F=5 ?665 E@ =62G6 E96:C A9@?6D :? E96:C =@4<6CD @C 2E 9@>6 7C@> E96 @A6?:?8 36== E@ E96 6?5 @7 E96 D49@@= 52J] tG6? FD6 5FC:?8 E96 =F?49 A6C:@5 @C :? 36EH66?

4 days ago | southernminn.com | Andrew Deziel

For its mid-summer exhibit, the Waseca Art Center has welcomed in two Midwestern artists embracing very different forms of art: one an abstract oil painter inspired by the vivid emotions found in nature, the other embracing glass sculptures with a futuristic and surreal appearance. kAmr925 w@==:52J[ H9@ 4C27ED 8=2DD D4F=AEFC6D 2E 2 $E] !2F= DEF5:@ 27E6C 2 =@?8 2CE:DE:4 42C66C[ 2?5 r2C=2 w2?D@?\|6=2?56C[ 2 r@==686 @7 $E] $49@=2DE:42 DEF56?E 7F==J 6>3C24:?8 2CE 27E6C 2 =@?8 42C66C :?