Waseca County News

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is seeking comments on an Environmental Assessment Worksheet prepared for Manthey Hog Barns' proposed swine-finishing project in Waseca County.

Former Waseca councilman Mike Parry announced Monday that he is running for state office.

Earl Zimprich, age 92, of Elysian, died on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at the Waterville Good Samaritan Center.

Sharon Sanford and Christine Baidoo had never heard of the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train and didn't know the show was coming to their towns to benefit their food shelves.

Share + Oct 17, 2009 6:34 pm US/Central Reporting John Lauritsen WASECA, Minn. 1 of 1 Since the H1N1 flu threat began, Zimmerman said the average pork producer has lost between $15 and $30 on every pig they have sold.

A water-diversion project aimed at cleaning up Clear Lake in Waseca has become soaked with concerns.

Waseca is about to get a jolt of new jobs.That's because of a local manufacturer's plans for an expansion.Fox Mankato's Lisa Cownie tells us what it means for that community...Emerson Network Power Connectivity Solutions is adding around 70 jobs to the 200 it already has in Waseca and should start hiring in the next couple of months.Jobs that come ...

Lola L. Nesdahl 1915 - 2009 OWATONNA - Lola L. Nesdahl, 93, of Owatonna, died Thursday, Oct.

Amid an overflowing memorial of flowers, pictures and heart-wrenching handwritten missives about the loss of their friend, a box of tissue sat atop Jacob Gleason's locker.

WASECA, Minn. -- Vida Ahlman, age 87 of Waseca, Minn., died on Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, at her residence at Colony Court in Waseca.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the crash occurred around noon Wednesday after a 1999 Oldsmobile Alero and 1997 Volkswagen Golf broadsided in the intersection.

One person died on Wednesday after a vehicle crash at the intersection of Waseca County roads 22 and 73.

One person was killed and another critically injured in a two-vehicle crash in Waseca County today.

Hazel Bohm, 91, of Butterfield, Minn., died on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, at Good Samaritan Village in Mountain Lake, Minn.

Nelson ELLENDALE - Amy Dobberstein of New Richland and Casey Nelson of Ellendale announce their engagement.

It was to have been the crowning moment of the dedication of the new veterans' memorial in Janesville.

For years the streets of Janesville has been controlled by a single intersection traffic light.But with less traffic traveling through the community the need for a stoplight isn't needed.News 12's Max Jensen explains why a four way stop will soon control the streets.Harlan Lafayette says, "They were here when I come that's all I know."Harlan ...

Betty J. Dahle, age 86 of Waseca, died on Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at the Northfield Long Term Care Center.

Residents of western Waseca County have watched the ethanol plant rise out of the corn fields, have watched the seasons change from fall to winter to spring to summer as the plant sat idle, and have watched the ownership change with the seasons.

In recent weeks, Waseca has become a bellwether among Minnesota school districts.