Hartland News

Operating referendums in the Waterville-Elysian-Morristown, New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva, Blue Earth Area and Maple River school districts passed during elections held today.

The voting took place at two locations: schools in Ellendale and New Richland. Superintendent Kevin Wellen returned from Ellendale and went to the district office.

Ervin Himnerich of New Richland, left, jokes around with election judge Wayne Billing as Himnerich puts his completed ballot in the ballot box Tuesday at NRHEG High School.

Multiple school districts combatting funding issues By Tanner Kent For area school districts attempting operating referendums, it was heartbreak or hooray on Election Day.

Today is Election Day in several communities around Steele County - the time for you, the voter, to go to the polls and let your voice be heard.

NO. 4 Triton at No. 1 United South Central Triton is coming off an easy 33-8 win over New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva. Logan Erdmann scored four touchdowns, on runs of 48, 6, 3 and 3 yards and finished with 140 yards rushing.

A teacher's union grievance over unpaid emergency leave was unanimously denied by the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva School Board at a special meeting Wednesday.

Alyssa Whaley studies in Georgia Dinneen's eighth-grade exploratory class at NRHEG junior high school Friday.

"I live in Hartland, and everybody kept asking me, - Is it you that's going to New Richland?' I just kept going, no, it's not me.

George A. Olson 1924 - 2009 OWATONNA - George A. Olson, 85, of Owatonna, died Saturday, Oct.

Eleanor Anderson Berg was born on Sept. 20, 1909. She is the daughter of Andrew and Carrie Anderson.

The Albert Lea Friends of the Library will hold its semi-annual used book sale today, Friday and Saturday.

Writes Mom of 3 Dogs: "I picked a big, beautiful, ripe cucumber from the garden and set it on one of our deck chairs and went inside for a minute.

Oct. 4-10 is National 4-H Week, and Freeborn County is celebrating with a display of projects at the Northbridge Mall.

Another autumn in Minnesota brings another slew of school levies. Fifty-eight schools districts have levy requests on the ballot for November.

Wrote Semi-Retired of White Bear Lake: "I have a question for Al B. "A variety of woodpeckers are drawn to our suet feeder.

Ellsworth "Sam" M. Olson 1925 - 2009 OWATONNA - Ellsworth "Sam" M. Olson, 84, of Owatonna, died Monday, Sept.

"If it goes through, we do just what we said we would do: maintain our programs, build our fund balance back up to what our financial advisors recommend it should be.

Writes Sandy of Mac/Grove.com: "The geese are flying in formation, and squirrels are burying nuts all over the place.

Yellow buses teeming with students rolled throughout Steele County early Tuesday morning as students at area districts returned to school.