Waseca County News

07/24/2025

This week's SouthernMinn Scene Editor's Choice picks include Sammy Kershaw.

A Grammy-nominated country icon has earned three platinum and six gold albums, selling over 5 million records. Dubbed the "heir apparent" to George Jones, he helped define 90s country with

07/23/2025

A St. Cloud based mosaic artist is proving a definite hit at libraries across Le Sueur and Waseca Counties.

A St. Cloud based mosaic artist is proving a definite hit at libraries across Le Sueur and Waseca Counties, as kids from 10-14 years of age with an artistic taste

07/21/2025

With an eye towards attracting more concerts and other special events to the park it regards as “the jewel of our parks system,” Waseca County’s Board of Commissioners is considering spending close to $150,000 on a new bandshell at courthouse park.

With an eye towards attracting more concerts and other special events to the park it regards as “the jewel of our parks system,” Waseca County’s Board of Commissioners is considering

07/21/2025

South Central Minnesota is pulling together to support a Waseca woman who was brutally stabbed in the back.

South Central Minnesota is pulling together to support a Waseca woman who was brutally stabbed in the back by her estranged husband, with a GoFundMe organized by her best friend

07/21/2025

The Waseca Braves played in three games this past weekend and all of them had unique outcomes. They ended up winning in a blowout, losing in a blowout, and losing a close match-up in extra innings.

The Waseca Braves played in three games this past weekend and all of them had unique outcomes. They ended up winning in a blowout, losing in a blowout, and losing

07/21/2025

The regular season came to a close for the Waseca American Legion baseball team as they held their last game before playoffs Thursday, July 17.

07/18/2025

Serving kids from infancy all the way to preschool, with a full Montessori program, afterschool and summer care programming, Growing Tree offers a comprehensive approach that has kept its classrooms quite literally as full as possible.

Waseca’s Growing Tree Montessori is coming up on the five-year anniversary of its opening this fall, and ever since it opened — in the wake of the COVID pandemic no

07/17/2025

This week's scene Editor's Choice picks include Sam Cargill and Kaleb & The Nightingale Band.

Enjoy live music with your pizza on the farm.

07/15/2025

Lieser is looking forward to representing his community at the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games next year as part of Team Minnesota.

A Faribault High School graduate who’s called Waseca home for the past seven years, Jake Lieser has become a passionate participant in the local Special Olympics Program and is determined

07/14/2025

The Waseca County Fair was filled with fun and activities this year.

At the Waseca County Fair, the wait to get tickets to hop on a ride can get long during peak times, especially when the weather is cooperating. (Andrew Deziel —

07/14/2025

The Waseca VFW baseball team did not waste any time after the Fourth of July break, as it played in six games last week to close out the regular season.

07/11/2025

Recently. heavy rains again descended on Waseca and overwhelmed the city’s sanitary sewer system, causing overflow and closing down lakes. While the city continues to make the fixes it can within its budget, attempts to secure funding haven't worked.

Just over a week before the Fourth of July and in the heart of the summer recreation system, heavy rains descended on the Waseca area and overwhelmed the city’s sanitary