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1 week ago | 
southernminn.com | Andrew Deziel
With much left to be decided and negotiated, the Minnesota Legislature’s 2025 session has hit its final committee deadlines, setting up a sprint to finish line to above all pass a budget for the biennium in order to avoid the need for a special session.
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1 week ago | 
southernminn.com | Andrew Deziel
With much left to be decided and negotiated, the Minnesota Legislature's 2025 session has hit its final committee deadlines, setting up a sprint to finish line to above all pass a budget for the biennium in order to avoid the need for a special session. Get any of our free email newsletters - news headlines, e-edition, prep sports, obituaries, entertainment and more. Explore newslettersAndrew Deziel is a reporter for the APG Southern Minnesota Newspaper Group. Reach him at 507-333-3133.
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1 week ago | 
southernminn.com | Andrew Deziel
With much left to be decided and negotiated, the Minnesota Legislature’s 2025 session has hit its final committee deadlines, setting up a sprint to finish line to above all pass a budget for the biennium in order to avoid the need for a special session.
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1 week ago | 
southernminn.com | Andrew Deziel
With two major lakes, 15 parks covering 200 acres and 9.2 miles of hard surface trails, Waseca is known for its ample outdoor recreation opportunities, kept clean in part thanks to the tireless efforts of the volunteer-led nonprofit Waseca Lakes Association. kAm$2EFC52J[ E96 {2<6D pDD@4:2E:@? A2CE?6C65 H:E9 E96 4:EJ @7 (2D642 @?
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1 week ago | 
southernminn.com | Andrew Deziel
Last Saturday, eager parents, families and community members came together to raise nearly $25,000 in funds in support of Waseca Public Schools students and their teachers — and they had a blast doing it. kAm%96 `bE9 2??F2= q=F6;2J q=2DE[ DA@?D@C65 3J E96 (2D642 !2C6?E\%62496C pDD@4:2E:@?[ 5C6H 9F?5C65D E@ (2D642 x?E6C>65:2E6 $49@@= @? 2 $2EFC52J >@C?:?8 H:E9 2 A2?42<6 3C62<72DE[ q:?8@[ 42C?:G2= 82>6D 2?5 2 D:=6?E 2F4E:@?]k^AmkAmr@8?:K2?E @7 E96 =2C86 ?F>36C @7 6G6?ED 2C@F?5 E@H? @?
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1 week ago | 
southernminn.com | Andrew Deziel
Over 20 vendors from across southern Minnesota and a special guest appearance from the Easter Bunny drew hundreds to Waseca's Starfire Event Center for the annual craft show, providing an opportunity for vendors to connect with local customers ahead of summer farmers market season. kAm~? 2 H66<6?5 A24<65 H:E9 DA64:2= D9@AA:?8 @AE:@?D[ :?4=F5:?8 E96 $AC:?8 $9@A w@A 2?5 !2DE U2>Aj !C6D6?E p?E:BF6D U2>Aj v:7EDVD 2??F2= @A6?
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1 week ago | 
southernminn.com | Andrew Deziel
A flagship, unique offering of the Waseca Public Library, the How-To Festival was again a hit this year, drawing a heavily youthful crowd to the Waseca Library on an otherwise busy Saturday. kAm(:E9 7@FC 6249 96=5 2E `_[ ``[ `a 2?5 `aib_[ 2 E@E2= @7 `e 4=2DD6D 6?DFC65 E92E ?6:E96C 25F=ED ?@C <:5D 4@F=5 H2=< 2H2J 3@C65] %@A:4D C2?865 7C@> E96 5625=J D6C:@FD[ DF49 2D 9@H E@ 3F:=5 2 u:CDE p:5 z:E 2?5 E@ AC6A2C6 7@C 2?
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2 weeks ago | 
leadertelegram.com | Andrew Deziel
With spring planting season just around the corner, local farmers stopped by Waseca’s Hartley Elementary School to share with a student body increasingly unfamiliar with the ways of the farm a bit about how the roles they play in bringing food from the field to the table.
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2 weeks ago | 
southernminn.com | Andrew Deziel
A decade after the program was first launched, the Waseca Public Library is back with one of its most popular and well-known annual events, the How To Festival which brings people of all ages, interests and abilities to the library to learn about almost everything under the sun. kAm#F??:?8 7C@> `_ 2]>] E@ ` A]>] @? $2EFC52J[ pAC:= `a[ E96 6G6?E :D 324< 3:886C 2?5 36EE6C E92? 6G6C[ pDD:DE2?E {:3C2C:2? p7E@?
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2 weeks ago | 
southernminn.com | Andrew Deziel
Last year, a large Mennonite family living in rural Janesville put the home they’d built less than two decades ago up for sale. kAm(:E9 E96 <:5D 8C@H? FA[ E96J H6C6 7:?2==J =@@<:?8 7@C 2 D>2==6C 9@>6 E92? E96 h[___\7@@E 3696>@E9 E96J’5 3F:=E DA64:2==J]k^AmkAmv:G6? E96 9@>6’D F?:BF6=J >2DD:G6 5:>6?D:@?D[ D6==:?8 :E >:89E 92G6 366? 2 E2== E2D< 6G6? :? 2 E:89E 9@FD6 >2C<6E] u@CEF?2E6=J 7@C E96 D6==6CD[ 2 |2?<2E@ >2? H9@D6 A2C6?ED =:G6 ;FDE 5@H?
