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.
The following court cases involving area arrests were handed down in Wright County Court. Information is provided by the Wright County Attorney's Office.
Alyx Faust will be honored at a special Eagle Scout Court of Honor Monday, Nov. 14.
With tomorrow's operations levy ballot question waiting in the wings, the St. Michael-Albertville School Board meets tonight with a full agenda, including reports from both local Legislators.
Check out our Elections Topic Page, dubbed "Participate 2011," for information about this year's Operations Levy vote.
They weren't trick-or-treat related, but the "holiday" week had crews from both the St. Michael Fire Department and the Wright County Sheriff's Office busy last week.
Gregory Allen Thomas, 48, was sentenced last Wednesday in Wright County District Court on charges of criminal vehicular homicide.
The girls' team and boys' standout Brendan Sage, both off Section 5AA championship performances, hit St. Olaf in Northfield Saturday.
With a special session in doubt, and a sales tax increase for Ramsey County off the table, the Minnesota Legisature's leadership, including Sen. Maj. Leader Amy Koch (R-Buffalo) is looking for the answer.
St. Michael and Albertville residents stepped up last weekend donating thousands of dollars in food and clothing to the Hanover Food Shelf through the CommUNITY Food and Clothing Drive.
Tonight, many men (and some women) will load up for November's unofficial "Holiday Weekend," the Minnesota deer hunting opener. Here's where you can "get legal."
It's St. Michael’s weekend entertainment guide to crafts, tasty morsels and Pype dreams.
Residents can talk one-on-one with city staff about a proposed expansion of the cart recycling program to every single family home in St. Michael. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. tonight.
The University of Minnesota Raptor Center made its annual appearance at the Albertville Primary School Wednesday, and didn't disappoint.
The segment, which was produced at the high school's broadcast media room, features Superintendent Dr. Jim Behle presenting facts about the upcoming vote.
Delbert Huber is still struggling to find a way for legal representation, and was granted more time to make arrangements before making his initial appearance on murder charges.
After following the conversation on St. Michael Patch's articles on the operations levy, the school board has weighed in with a letter addressing some of the questions raised by Patch readers.
The Fire Up 5K Walk/Run and the Tim Larson Spaghetti Supper/Silent Auction needs the community’s help to get the event off the ground.
Sisters and speech therapists Shanda Gaunt and Manda Riebel are twins, speech therapists and both former speech therapy patients. They're passing that expertise on to the community through their work.
John A. Spencer, 31, of Albertville was convicted for orchestrating a mortgage fraud operation that bilked lenders out of millions of dollars. He's now set to spend more than 10 years in prison.
A rollover on County Road 37 last week resulted in minor injuries for a local driver. That, and other calls from the week in today's roundup.
