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New Richland City Council

 

By JESSICA LUTGENS

Staff Writer

The New Richland City Council approved an amendment to the city zoning ordinance and rezoning of a parcel at its second meeting of the month on Monday, May 23. A public hearing was held on May 18 at City Hall by the Planning Commission regarding the amendments, which were proposed after a request by Casey’s Retail Company to allow construction of a convenience store. 

The parcel to be rezoned from a residential (R-1) to highway commercial (C-3) district is located at 411 2nd St. SE and is currently occupied by One Stop gas station.

 

 

The New Richland Public Library is having a Summer Reading Program kickoff event on Monday, June 6.

Join us from 1-7 p.m. to register for the children or teen reading program and enjoy some popcorn, games and fun.

We will be offering many fun activities and programs throughout the summer, stop in and see what’s happening at the library!

The summer reading program runs from June-July, offering children and teens a chance to win some fun prizes. All kids who complete the program will receive a free book.

New library hours as of June 1:

• Monday 1-7 p.m.

• Tuesday 9-1 p.m.

• Wednesday 9-1 p.m.

• Thursday 1-7 p.m.

 

 

The Steele County Humane Society will hold a special Adoption Event on Saturday, May 21 from 12 noon until 4 p.m. at Owatonna HyVee (1620 S. Cedar Ave.) Along with the SCHS animals available for adoption, HyVee will be offering 10% off on all pet-related products.

 

Field name to forever remember two of the community’s finest

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MEMORABLE DAY — Longtime NRHEG baseball coach Jeff Reese speaks Saturday, May 14 at the ceremony to rename the baseball field in New Richland after him and his late wife, Carol. (Star Eagle photo by Jim Lutgens)

 

 

By JIM LUTGENS

Editor/Publisher

Jeff Reese was wearing a New Richland-Hartland Cardinal uniform the first time a certain Morristown cheerleader named Carol Allingsworth caught his eye.

He was immediately stricken.

“I thought she was pretty neat the first time I saw her,” said Reese.

He remembers talking to her for the first time after an afternoon football game at Morristown, and he remembers their first extended conversation when he ran into her — along with her then steady boyfriend — in the Waseca bowling alley lounge.

“She said I tripped her,” said Reese.

In a way, he did.

 

 

The New Richland Town & Country Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale on Saturday, May 21 from 8:30-11 a.m. north of the school on Hwy. 30. They will have a vast variety of perennials including: lamium, ajuga, lamb's ear, ferns, lily of the valley, sedums, etc. Shrub selections will include: pussy willow and red twig dogwood. There will be a limited number of annuals - money plant, morning glories and bachelor buttons.