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Farm family of the year
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By ELI LUTGENS
Publisher/Editor
The most distinguished ag award given out Thursday at Waseca’s Farm and City Luncheon went to Dan and Lara Zimmerli of Waldorf. Cedar Crate Farms was selected by the Minnesota Extension office as Waseca County’s Farm Family of the Year.
“Thank you so much,” Lara said during her acceptance speech. “We're honored to have a seat at the table. It seems like larger operations tend to get awards, which makes it humbling for our small acres to be selected.”
Cedar Crate is a small-scale, intensive and diversified vegetable farm. They successfully market their products directly to the community through the Mankato Farmers Market and a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. The Zimmerli’s grow over 90 varieties of produce on about 3 acres of land. Besides growing the produce, the couple sells their crops directly to community members.
Trahms, farmer, leader
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By ELI LUTGENS
Publisher/Editor
Beloved Janesville farmer and community leader Alfred Trahms was honored posthumously as a distinguished leader in Waseca County Agriculture during the annual Farm and City Luncheon Thursday, March 16.
Each year Waseca County recognizes a deceased leader who dedicated his or her life to the advancement of agriculture in the county.
When Trahms passed away in 1984 at the age of 74, he left behind a legacy of hard work and dedication to family and public service. Trahms, along with his wife Dorothy, raised eight children while running a successful farm just south of Janesville. He focused on hogs, corn, and soybeans, and later turned over operations to his sons. Under his leadership, the farm grew in both size and productivity.
NR home damaged in fire
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By ELI LUTGENS
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A house fire may deem the house at 402 2nd St. SE in New Richland a total loss. The fire was reported by the home owner, Brandon Osborne, at approximately 11 p.m. Wednesday. No injuries were reported. At the time of reporting the home owner and his dog were sitting safely in their vehicle.
“It was your typical house fire,” New Richland Fire Chief Josh Moen reported on the scene. “It was bad enough. It won’t be livable for right now."
11th in the nation
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By ELI LUTGENS
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The NRHEG cheer team season was highlighted by the group and the school’s first ever trip to nationals in Orlando. They concluded their season ranked 11th in the nation.
NRHEG coach Joni Churchill started off their portion of the night congratulating and thanking everyone involved in winter sports.
“You all have a lot to be proud of and we had so much fun cheering you on,” Churchill said. “
NRHEG band rated ‘superior’
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By DEB BENTLY
Staff Writer
“We were pretty much flawless,” observes NRHEG bass clarinet player Calvin Haun regarding the “superior” rating the secondary school band received at the regional large group music contest on March 7. “Mr. Z pushed us really hard, and it paid off.”
Flautist Josie Strom concurs: “I was really proud of us as a band,” she says. “The judges gave us really tedious, detailed remarks about what we could do to improve. That tells me we didn’t make very many mistakes.”