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.
Once again the local pizza shop is teaming up with the local fire department for a fundraising event Monday night. Enjoy a pie and get delivery service from our firefighters.
Most areas received more than a foot of the white stuff, the most that has fallen in one December day here since 2010.
Residents woke up to banging doors and the smell of smoke as a ground floor unit smoldered Saturday at the complex on Wright County Road 37.
Simley and St. Michael-Albertville, ranked nationally at No 9 and No. 5, respectively by a leading wrestling publication, will do battle at St. Michael-Albertville High School.
While a coating of snow is expected to fall Friday afternoon, the heavy stuff should usher in winter Saturday night, with steady snow through Sunday morning, the National Weather Service forecast states.
Holiday movie lovers who run into roadblocks at Coborn's or Redbox can take heart. A new business has taken hold here in Albertville.
This week's roundup also includes news on a new bar in Southwest Minneapolis, Edina's top students and business changes in St. Michael-Albertville.
The Knights produced their first-ever state champion in a season that was filled with silver linings, and a conference championship.
With a $550 million prize on the line, Twin Cities residents are eyeing their tickets.
With a $580 million prize on the line, Twin Cities residents are eyeing their tickets.
In his second season as a Chicago Bear, the workmanlike effort from the former STMA football star is winning over fans in the Midway.
Brendan Sage shattered even his own expectations this fall sports season. What can the cross-country standout do for an encore? Meet St. Michael Patch's Top Fall Senior Athlete
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your school district, and/or $500 to pay your electric bills!
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for area school districts, and/or $500 to pay your electric bills!
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for area school districts, and/or $500 to pay your electric bills!
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your school district, and/or $500 to pay your electric bills!
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!
The Kids Play community, which cares for after-school kids, is mourning with the Snaza family for a woman who cared for so many children.
This week's selections from around the West Metro also include a new interchange in Albertville, Popeyes popping up in Richfield and a story that turns the lens on a popular photographer. Plus, a Jack Jablonski update.
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