ABOUT MIKE SCHOEMER
Email: mike.schoemer@patch.com
Phone: 763-218-0827
Hometown: Sioux Falls, S.D.
Current residence: Albertville, Minn.
Birthday: Jan. 5, 1974
Mike Schoemer is a 13-year veteran of community journalism, having worked in cities including West Fargo, N.D., Edina and most recently, Monticello, where he was managing editor of the Monticello Times. He has won multiple awards for his writing, including a first place award from the Suburban Newspapers of America for a team-edited piece on homelessness in the Twin Cities suburbs.
Schoemer and his wife, Jenn (a St. Michael native) live in Albertville with their three children, who are all under the age of 5.
An avid golfer, Schoemer has recently taken up fishing with his family on Knife Lake near Mora, Minn. He also enjoys basketball and skating in the winter months.
My Beliefs
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A self-proclaimed political mind, Schoemer is a registered Democrat, but has tended to lean more conservative now in his "old age."
As a child in Sioux Falls, Schoemer was part of the first kindergaren class at St. Mary's Catholic Elementary School, and graduated from Sioux Falls O'Gorman Catholic High School. He is still a practicing Catholic, and his family attends St. Michael Catholic Church.
Schoemer feels some of the key issues confronting St. Michael and Albertville are sustaining commercial growth while waiting for the housing market to recover from the collapse of 2008; maintaining and increasing the quality of School District 885, which is one of the "newest" in terms of facilities in the state; the aging population of Wright County; and, of course, traffic issues in downtown St. Michael and Albertville near Interstate 94.
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St. Michael Patch readers are sending in photos of the flames from last night's fire, which gutted the former lumberyard location in downtown St. Michael. The fire broke out shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday morning.
The Albertville bank and the youth hockey association worked together to donate more than $1,500 to the Hanover Food Shelf, while also giving money to the Blue Line and Youth Hockey Clubs in the process.
After more than eight hours submerged in an icy pond, crews from various state agencies and regional businesses were able to remove the truck from a pond.
A semi truck pulling a Target trailer left the road Friday morning about five miles west of Albertville and sank into an icy pond.
The Knights picked up their sixth win, and fourth in their last five games, behind a hat trick by Jake Larson and 22 saves from Andrew Semo.
After a holiday hiatus, our new feature with a spotlight on a furry friends at Buffalo's Crossroads Animal Shelter is back with quite a pair.
Here are the most recent people to pass away in St. Michael-Albertville or who had ties to the area. Click on the links to get more information.
Warm temperatures have made ice treacherous on one of St. Michael's most popular winter fishing spots.
The FBI announced the arrest of Mark Edward Wetsch of Minneapolis in connection with a bank robbery in Brewster, Minn, yesterday. Investigators are evaluating if he is the "Man in Black."
The FBI announced the arrest of Mark Edward Wetsch of Minneapolis in connection with a bank robbery in Brewster, Minn, yesterday. Investigators are evaluating if he is the "Man in Black."
The FBI announced the arrest of Mark Edward Wetsch of Minneapolis in connection with a bank robbery in Brewster, MN yesterday. Investigators are evaluating if he is the "Man in Black."
The stench residents smelled around New Year's Eve was, indeed, from skunks. How they ended up in the city is what concerns some local officials.
Live from West Des Moines, Iowa, the press conference for Rep. Michele Bachmann is set to go.
