NRHEG Star Eagle

137 Years Serving the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Area
Newspaper of Record for NRHEG School District
Newspaper of Record for Waseca County, MN
PO Box 248 • New Richland, MN 56072

507-463-8112
email: steagle@hickorytech.net
Published every Thursday
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By KATHY PAULSEN

Staff Writer

Saturday, April 19 is the day to once again help fight cancer in Geneva. 

In January, Whitey Hagen was proud to deliver $100,000 to the Eagles Cancer Telethon in Rochester on behalf of the great people in our area who donated and supported the many cancer fundraising events held here over the past year.

The funds are raised through many different efforts and activities including the yearly cancer auction, the Wild Game Feed and gun raffle, the 51" Plasma HDV Blu-Ray player raffle, along with the "Hot Looks For A Cure" calendar. Don’t forget those great summer events including the Geneva Cancer Golf Outing, the Geneva Cancer Motorcycle Run, as well as the Matt Felt/Dillon Gordon Motorcycle Run. This past year also provided some "hair raising" events including one at the Bend in the Road, as well as money raised from Locks of Love.

Easter Bunny to be at Willows Sunday

The Easter Bunny will be visiting The Willows on Sunday, April 13. Local Girl Scouts (Bri, Elizabeth, Cecelia, Maci, and Maurya) will provide you a picture with the Easter Bunny for $5 during brunch. The Easter Bunny is happy to take pictures with anyone, young and old! The girls are raising money for a trip to San Francisco in 2015. Spread the word!


NRHEG senior to play football at SMSU

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ON THE DOTTED LINE – A happy NRHEG High School senior Nick Goette, surrounded by his parents, Rod and Deb, signs a National Letter of Intent to play football on partial scholarship at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. (Star Eagle photo by Chris Schlaak)


By JIM LUTGENS

Editor/Publisher

Participating in a sport at the intercollegiate level is an opportunity afforded to a very small percentage of high school athletes. Receiving money to do so is even more rare.

Nick Goette knows how it feels.

The NRHEG High School senior signed a National Letter of Intent last Wednesday to play football on a partial scholarship at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall.

“It’s awesome,” said Goette, son of Rod and Deb Goette of rural Ellendale. “As all this was coming together, I was like, I can’t believe this is happening, I’m getting money for college.”

Exchange students enjoying life here

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AT HOME IN THE USA — German Exchange Students Celia Ilisch, Julia Kanngiesser and Jana Elin-Bland are enjoying their time as NRHEG High School students. (Star Eagle photo by Jessica Lutgens)



By JESSICA LUTGENS

Staff Writer

Germany’s the word at NRHEG High School this year. It’s also where new students Jana Elin-Brand, Julia Kanngiesser, and Celia Ilisch call home – or rather, “first home.”

These three girls, all in 11th grade, are part of the Foreign Exchange Student program for the 2013-2014 school year, and they’ve adjusted well to their second home. Friendly and funny, they are a joy to meet.

Here’s your chance to get to know these ladies, learn about their experiences, and get a small glimpse of what it’s like to live in a new country.

By KATHY PAULSEN

Staff Writer

At 1:09 a.m. Monday morning, March 31, the Freeborn County 911 dispatchers received a report of a house fire at 81030 320 St. NE, Ellendale at the home of Greg and Maureen Riley. The home is located about two miles east of Geneva at the interesection of Freeborn County Road 35 and County Road 26.