Jim Lutgens
Community survey coming soon
Superintendent's Corner
By DALE CARLSON
NRHEG Superintendent of Schools
2016 is here and the NRHEG School District is busier than ever as we near the half-way mark of the school year. I hope you will have an opportunity to attend and enjoy a number of the school events and activities taking place during the winter months. You will find more information about our activity schedule on our school district website.
My December article highlighted the School Board’s plan to engage our communities in the process of developing a strategic plan of continuous improvement that will provide us with a roadmap designed to lead us to achieving our vision as a school district. Along with this vision, the plan will clearly identify and confirm our purpose or mission, and affirm what core beliefs and values we believe in, live by, and expect from all of us.
Police calls down slightly in 2015
New Richland City Council
By JESSICA LUTGENS
Staff Writer
The New Richland City Council’s first meeting of the year was held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, January 11, with councilperson Amy Ihrke absent.
Scott Eads presented the police report; the department responded to 77 calls for service and had 68 additional contacts/activities in December. Two felonies were reported, both still under investigation pending reports from outside entities.
For the year 2015, the NRPD responded to 1082 calls for service, which is down slightly from 2014, according to Eads.
Sons of Norway to meet Monday
The Nortonna Lodge 1-638 of the Sons of Norway will meet on Monday, Jan. 18. Supper will be served at 6 for a cost of $7 and the meeting will follow at 7 p.m. at the Owatonna Elks Lodge, 126 East Vine Street.
The program will be “Share Your Heritage Night.” In preparation we would like you to think about a special story or bring a special item from your family that reflects something about your Scandinavian heritage. We will try to include everyone, so it might run into coffee time, but we can drink coffee and listen at the same time. Join us and share your story. For more information, contact Nina Zak at 507-451-5841 or Cindy Hokanson at 451-9301.
Continuing the fight in Geneva
2016 cancer auction kicks off
REDNECK MOTHERS — Cheri (Sloan) Krejci, Cindy (Sloan) Owen, Pam (Cornelius) Muri and Rita (Thompson) Louks stand by the Redneck Christmas tree auctioned off during the first weekend of the 2016 Geneva Cancer Auction. The event resumes at 7 p.m. Friday and wraps up Saturday, Jan. 16 at Geneva Bar & Grill. (Star Eagle photo by Kathy Paulsen)
By KATHY PAULSEN
Staff Writer
Life is brief and very fragile. Hope, like love, transcends all time. It is a friend, a healer and a maker of dreams. When you give, you harvest an abundance of love that life offers.
Maybe all of life’s promises don't come true. We can only try.
January is a month dedicated to extraordinary attention given to the cause against cancer. Though it is an ongoing cause year-round, January 8-9 and 15-16 are special days set aside for the Geneva Cancer Auction. Friday night began with a brief introduction by Jamie Hagen, followed by his father, DuWayne, or Whitey, Hagen, as he is best known, reviewing some achievements that go back 30 to 40 years ago.
$1,750 in prizes awaits finder of medallion
The Waseca Sleigh and Cutter medallion is hidden outdoors, on public property within the Waseca city limits.
A $1,750 prize of Chamber Dollars and store certificates will be awarded to the person who finds the medallion.
Bring the medallion to Charlie’s Hardware. Clues will be published in the Star Eagle. Clues will also be broadcast on KRUE and KOWZ Radio and will be available at Waseca Area Chamber of Commerce at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Who’s Frosty?
Prize money totaling $1,750 up for grabs
Identify Frosty and win some cash!
Prize money totaling $1,750 is waiting to be won. Frosty is a Waseca County resident chosen to be an ambassador for the Waseca Sleigh & Cutter Festival. Follow the clues and guess FROSTY’S name.
Grand prize is $350. If you are at the official unmasking at 9:30 p.m., on Friday, February 12, 2016, you will win an additional $50. Unmasking is at the annual Sleigh & Cutter dinner and dance at the VFW Club 113 West Elm Avenue, Waseca, MN. First correct guess from Janesville, New Richland and Waseca win $150.00; and if you are at the unmasking you will win an additional $50. Four names will be drawn for $100 – must be present. Four names win $50 – attendance is not necessary.
Quilt show Saturday at Waldorf CC
The Waldorf “Friends of the Library” is having a quilt show Saturday, Jan. 16 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Waldorf Community Center.
Duane G. Skov, 84
Funeral services for Duane G. Skov, age 84, of New Richland will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, January 15, 2016 at St. Peter Lutheran Church in New Richland. Rev. Scott Williams will officiate. Interment will be at Carlston Cemetery. Military honors will be accorded by the VFW and American Legion Honor Guard. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, January 14, 2016 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church. Online condolences are welcome at www.bayviewfuneral.com.
Duane died January 10, 2016 at the Albert Lea Good Samaritan Society.
Shirley M. Frederick, 85
Shirley M. Frederick, age 85, of Waseca passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2016, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, January 15, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Gregory Leif officiating. Interment will be held at Calvary Cemetery in Waseca.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 14, 2016 from 4 to 7 p.m. at McRaith Funeral Home & Crematory in Waseca, with the rosary being said at 3:45 p.m. and a prayer service starting at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue on Friday for one hour prior to services at the church.
Thomas G. David, 71
Thomas George David, 71, of Owatonna, died Thursday, January 7, 2016 at his home.
Tom was born April 7, 1944 in Waseca, Minnesota the son of James and Agnes (Hoffman) David. He was a 1962 graduate of Ellendale High School. He moved to Owatonna and worked at Spitzack Lumber Company. Tom was drafted into the United States Army in 1965 and was stationed one year in Germany. He was honorably discharged in 1967. After returning from the service, he drove truck for Medford Distribution. In 1967, he started hauling gravel for Owatonna Aggregates and retired after over 49 years of driving truck.