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
Yearly Subscription: Waseca, Steele, and Freeborn counties: $52
Minnesota $57 • Out of state $64

By ELI LUTGENS

Publisher/Editor

Hundreds of visitors and residents were in attendance throughout Farm and City Days weekend in New Richland, July 7-9.

The most popular attractions included the classic car show, which drew a record 127 cars this year; other events included: Power Pedal Tractor Pull for ages 4-11 Saturday afternoon, sponsored by Morgan's Meat Market, Thompson’s Body Shop, New Richland Auto, Midwest Repairables, Wagner Foods, New Richland Liquor, and Neighbor’s Meats.

Both Friday and Saturday nights included rambunctious–but well behaved–crowds at the street celebrations, with Gen-X  performing Saturday night. Advertised as ending at “11 p.m.”, the event went until about quarter after midnight. 

By DEB BENTLY

Staff Writer

On the one hand, free breakfasts and lunches are available to assure students have easy access to good, nutritional meals at no cost to their families.

On the other hand…doughnuts!

“It’s fun to hear the kids whispering to each other down the line,” observes food service worker Brooklyn Strand. “Each one tells the next, ‘It’s doughnuts today!’”

By MELANIE PILTINGSRUD

Copy Editor

The first event in the Summer Burst Concert Series took place on Sunday, June 25 from 3:30 – 5 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in New Richland.

The concert, which had to be relocated from the City Park to the church due to rain, turned out to be an example of what happens when the community pulls together to make something happen. Trinity Lutheran offered the use of their beautiful facilities, while church volunteers contacted the ever-present Delane Nelson when they found out the church had to be rewired to provide the 220 voltage necessary for both the band and the food truck outside.

By JONAH STAFFORD

Staff Writer

Sophia Williams just recently finished her eighth-grade year at NRHEG Secondary School, but is already making her mark as a published writer. Williams’ work has been featured in the South Central Service Co-operative’s anthologies across the past few years, with six stories published altogether.

“I attended the SCSC Young Writers and Artists Conference every year from third to fifth grade, and right when lockdown started, I mustered up the courage to enter the contest for the first time,” said Williams. 

While she’s received recognition as a writer, Williams said that her love for writing came hand in hand with reading.  “Learning to read and write was a pivotal point in my life because it meant that I could read whenever and wherever I wanted,” said Williams. Her enjoyment of the stories she read later inspired her when she began writing her own. 

A New Richland man was killed the morning of Wednesday, June 21, in a collision with a semi. 

58-year-old Scott Bolduan was traveling southbound on Highway 13 between Hartland and New Richland at about 11:07 a.m in a 2006 Dodge Ram truck when he was struck by a semi-truck driven by Darryn Bullock, a 35-year-old man from Dallas, North Carolina.

Troopers say Bolduan wasn’t wearing a seat belt and died at the scene. Bullock suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported to the Owatonna hospital. He later was charged with felony vehicular homicide (operating a motor vehicle in grossly negligent manner) in Waseca County District Court.

Subcategories