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 Steinbach family became "local celebrities" when the family's home was torn up by the May 10, 2011 tornado in St. Michael. A year later, they're putting the pieces back together.
It was a legislative all-nighter; watch the Senate take the final stadium vote this morning.
After a grueling, three-month process, Ryan Canton made his way to the final round of the Minnesota Teacher of the Year honors. Though he didn't come back from the banquet with first prize, he felt like a winner.
The following fire and arrest records were reported by the St. Michael Fire Department and Wright County Sheriff's Department. An arrest implies only that the person was arrested and charged, and is innocent until proven guilty.
The State Senate approved the FINAL Minnesota Vikings Stadium bill Thursday afternoon, putting the controversial legislation on the desk of Gov. Mark Dayton.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is working with the City of St. Michael to lower water levels in Pelican Lake.
The Albertville golf course is welcoming golfers to the inaugural Tim Larson Golf Tournament June 11.
The Senate now takes up a plan that calls for a $975 million fixed-roof stadium to be built primarily on the Metrodome site in downtown Minneapolis.
On a 73-58 vote, the Minnesota House of Representatives has approved the Minnesota Vikings Stadium bill with several amendments, including one that increases the team's share of the bill.
On a 73-58 vote, the Minnesota House of Representatives has approved the Minnesota Vikings Stadium bill with several amendments, including one that increases the team's share of the bill.
The Joint Powers Water officials that oversee the area's tap water supply are aware of the situation. The colored water is harmless in normal doses.
A St. Michael-Albertville High School freshman had been missing from her Albertville home for nearly 48 hours.
A St. Michael-Albertville High School freshman has been found. She had been missing from her Albertville home for nearly 48 hours.
A St. Michael-Albertville High School freshman has been found after she left her Albertville home for nearly 48 hours. Her mother thinks she's headed off to see a boyfriend.
A St. Michael-Albertville High School freshman missing since Friday night has been found in Faribault with her boyfriend and boyfriend's family.
A system carrying heavy precipitation is headed for the west metro Saturday afternoon and evening. The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch, in preparation for heavy rainfall.
Parents and kids can grab advanced tickets later this month for the big midway at Albertvlle Friendly City Days. The city and the Albertville Lions will mark 25 years of celebration.
For four straight years, Miss Mallory Woods, a mallard hen, has found the Big Woods Elementary School's courtyards a fitting place to lay her eggs.
More than two inches of rain has fallen in some areas, with more on the way this weekend.
Here are the most recent people to pass away in St. Michael-Albertville or who had ties to area.
