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The Blooming Prairie volleyball team sported a new look in the middle of the frontcourt last week as juniors Haven Carlson and Abby Hefling look to fill the role of injured junior captain Sierra Larson.
Larson, the team’s regular middle hitter and an experienced varsity athlete, broke her finger in...
The NRHEG Panthers reclaimed the Golden Brick trophy with a 42-0 win over Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (JWP) Friday, bringing the trophy home for the first time since the two teams last met in 2019.
The rivalry game victory is Marc Kruger's first as head coach of the Panthers.
"It feels really...
Call it “Field of Dreams: Fall Edition.”
“I’ve always loved fall, and I hated to see an empty lot downtown…”
That’s the best explanation Dan Peach can provide for what has turned into a family attraction on the corner of Main Street and Third Avenue Southeast in Blooming Prairie.
On the site that...
The husband and wife combination of Doug and Judy Myers have been selected as recipients of the Distinctive Service Award to be given out at the upcoming annual BP Education Foundation banquet.
Their awards will be presented to them on Saturday, Oct. 2 at the Blooming Prairie Servicemen's Club....
As COVID-19 positive cases skyrocket in the area, Steele County’s top public health official is taking aim at the 34% who have neglected to get their vaccine.
“We are dealing with a pandemic of the unvaccinated at this point,” said Amy Caron, director for Steele County Public Health.
Caron said...
Memories of World War II with all its terrors and triumphs are quickly fading. And in Blooming Prairie's case, they have all but disappeared with the passing of the area's last known WWII veteran.
Merle McNutt served in the U.S. Navy from 1942-45 during WWII. He died on Sept. 14 at the Heather Haus...
Sometimes, the stories write themselves.
“In 1997, they were the first people to come up to Tom and I at church, and they said, ‘you must be new. How do you like Owatonna?’ And when Tom had his kidney transplant in 2002, DeDe and Jean prayed and prayed that it was a success – and it was,” said Judy...
Blooming Prairie quarterback Drew Kittelson shows no signs of slowing down this season. He finished his first game of the season completing 10 of 12 passes for 242 yards, six touchdowns and an interception in a 57-6 victory against Hayfield. And in last week’s game against Lester Prairie, Kittelson...
The Owatonna Huskies took home their first win of the season in a dramatic 16-14 finish against Rochester Century.
The game came down to the wire as a fourth-down stop deep in Owatonna territory gave the Huskies the ability to take a knee and run out the clock victorious.
“Coach Achterkirch is...
When Gwen and Ed Reiss opened Two Doves Boutique on Ellendale’s Main Street last year, it was with an eye toward maintaining a vibrant downtown in the Steele County town of about 800 people.
But something bothered Gwen, and she could see it every day, out her front window.
“That sign looks bad,”...
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