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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Minnesota $57 • Out of state $64

Everyone’s invited to St. Peter Lutheran’s Soup & Pie Dessert Luncheon Sunday, March 6 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Zion Lutheran Church of rural Ellendale will host a Pancake and French Toast Breakfast Sunday, March 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Worship is at 8 a.m.

Fitterer takes silver medal at state

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NRHEG High School senior Wyatt Fitterer celebrates a fall during this weekend's Minnesota State High School Wrestling Tournament at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Fitterer capped an outstanding season and career, finishing second in the state at 285 pounds in Class A. Read about it in sports. (Star Eagle photo by Nikki Erickson)

Dad’s Belgian Waffles will be served as part of an all-you-can-eat breakfast at Pontoppidan Lutheran Church on Saturday, March 5 from 9 a.m. to noon. Carry outs are available.

 

Danny pops the question at Williams Arena

 

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WHAT ELSE WOULD SHE SAY? — Danny Wagner gets on bended knee for his marriage proposal to Kristina Cole Monday, Feb. 15 during the University of Minnesota women’s basketball game at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. (Photo by Pam Agrimson)

 

 

By JIM LUTGENS

Editor/Publisher

There was never really any mystery about whether Danny Wagner would finally ask Kristina Cole to be his bride.

The question was when, where, and how.

“I was expecting something kind of secluded,” said Kristina.

“I had an opportunity to go big,” explained Danny.

So, big it was.

On bended knee, Danny popped the question before thousands of spectators during the Gopher women’s basketball game against Iowa at Williams Arena in Minneapolis Monday, Feb. 15.

She said yes, as the overhead scoreboard proclaimed.