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.
This week’s selections include the continuing search for a missing woman, church vandalism and residential burglaries.
This week’s compilation includes an update on a severe jet ski injury, a basketball player’s hopes and a new Mall of America hotel.
Ramps at County Road 11 will also close for two weeks as the project gains steam.
Wednesday night begins a weekend full of activity at Canterbury, capped with a fireworks show that's one of the best anywhere this year.
Minnesota puts several new laws from the 2013 session on the books today, including a fourth tier income tax for the state's highest earners.
Also in this week's wrap: Good news for a former Northfield leader and a baby boom at the Minnesota Zoo.
Also in this week's crime news: Drug busts in Northfield, a crash with a police cruiser in Apple Valley, and Eaganites behaving badly.
Jeffrey Richard Trondson of Burnsville was killed Thursday evening by a suspected drunk driver.
Also in this week's news wrap: Two historic ships sail into Hudson, girls party center comes to Woodbury and Summerfest survives storms.
Also in this week's stories: A pup rescue in Hudson, Oakdale gets sentencing in pot case and wildlife at large.
The crash occurred about 8 p.m. last night when a car cut off a motorcycle on County Road 46. It's the area's second fatal motorcycle crash in less than a week.
The proposal, which was discussed as early as May this year, would reduce costs for homeowners, but send rates up for townhome residents.
The accident involving one vehicle and a motorcycle killed a man Thursday evening.
The accident involving one vehicle and a motorcycle killed a man Thursday evening.
