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.
About two months ago, St. Michael’s Tobi Roesler was sent on a mission to deliver dresses made by youth here in her faith community. What she experienced, beyond that event, is what will bring her back to Haiti again.
Taking the "lump sum" will give you $462 million, which might make you as wealthy as Minnesota-born Prince, and pay you more than that famous Kevin Garnett contract with the Timberwolves.
Taking the "lump sum" might make you as wealthy as Minnesota-born Prince, and pay you more than that famous Kevin Garnett contract with the Timberwolves.
Welcome to a new St. Michael Patch feature dubbed, "Last Chance," which will tell you about those big deadlines coming up that you just don't want to miss. This week, you'd better hop to it if the kids want to see the Easter Bunny.
Taking the "lump sum" might make you as wealthy as Minnesota-born Prince, and pay you more than that famous Kevin Garnett contract with the Timberwolves.
Taking the "lump sum" might make you as wealthy as Minnesota-born Prince and pay you more than that famous Kevin Garnett contract with the Timberwolves.
Fifty stores could close and 400 employees could lose their jobs. The nearest to St. Michael is in Rogers, which is one of the company's newest stores in Minnesota.
Area lottery retailers are seeing robust sales as the Mega Millions jackpot soars past a half-billion dollars.
Taking the "lump sum" might make you as wealthy as Minnesota-born Prince, and pay you more than that famous Kevin Garnett contract with the Timberwolves.
Taking the "lump sum" might make you as wealthy as Minnesota-born Prince, and pay you more than that famous Kevin Garnett contract with the Timberwolves.
Taking the "lump sum" might make you as wealthy as Minnesota-born Prince, and pay you more than that famous Kevin Garnett contract with the Timberwolves.
St. Michael Patch has shuffled a few things around on your home page, hopefully making life even easier for you here in the St. Michael-Albertville area.
The St. Michael-Albertville Middle School East Student Council Helps School Rally For Aly
Renowned Twin Cities rocker G.B. Leighton will be performing at the St. Michael-Albertville Performing Arts Center Thursday night to help raise funds for a local teen fighting a rare disease.
Fridley's cancer-cluster concern on Facebook has now hit local airwaves, news pages.
As with Fridley, state officials and the famed consumer advocate are examining St. Michael.
The Jon Anstett team made a splash in one of its first regional meets.
The City of St. Michael laid out its legislative positions, including a plea to find a financial solution behind the proposed Voter ID Amendment.
The recent sentencing terms were handed down in Wright County District Court last week. Information was provided by the office of Wright County Attorney Tom Kelly.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued burning restrictions for 35 Minnesota counties Monday.
