Unlike most spring sports teams, the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva (NRHEG) softball team has four varsity starters returning and all of them have competed at the varsity level for at least three seasons.
Not only do the Panthers have a good quantity of starters returning, but they also...
In 2019, Blooming Prairie baseball went 8-13, but with a large group of seniors and two returning starters, the Blossoms believe they can do much better this season.
Even though there’s just two returning starters and he’s one of them, senior center fielder/pitcher Alex Miller said that doesn’t put...
After a reprieve from excessive COVID-19 cases in Steele County, things are heading in the wrong direction.
Public Health Director Amy Caron said Steele County saw 111 new cases over the past week, including 53 over this past weekend.
“There are some workplace outbreaks right now,” said Caron. “...
Steele County Emergency Manager Mike Johnson wants area residents to participate in the statewide tornado drill slated for Thursday, April 15.
During the afternoon and evening drills, local sirens and all NOAA Weather Radios in Minnesota will sound with a simulated tornado warning. Johnson said...
Single dad Gatluak Jerweng wants to give his kids something that he hasn’t had for years: a stable and happy home.
And thanks to a partnership between two Owatonna businesses and Two Rivers Habitat for Humanity and the Kottke family of Owatonna, Jerweng’s dream is about six months from reality....
Even two days after a devastating fire knocked out his dairy operation, Brian Seykora was overcome by emotion while sharing about how his life has been upended.
“It’s a surreal scene out there. I don’t believe it is happening,” said Seykora, who has produced one of the top dairy herds in Minnesota...
New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva (NRHEG) boys basketball Head Coach Isaiah Lundberg believes his team can be a top three team in its subsection next season.
A big reason for his optimism is the play of freshman guard Daxter Lee, who was the Panthers’ leading scorer with an average of...
Before the Blooming Prairie girls basketball season concluded, junior point guard Bobbie Bruns had already achieved a pair of distinguished honors.
She’d broken the girls career assists record and she was one of only 17 girls basketball players from around the state to be named Class A Honorable...
For people wanting to get the real story of the suffering of Jesus Christ dying on the cross, a drive-thru experience made all the difference in the world.
About 80 adult and children volunteers at Trinity Lutheran Church in Owatonna presented the Easter story in 10 stations scattered throughout...
It’s been a long time coming, but the Zumbro Education District’s (ZED) new facility is finally on the home stretch.
ZED Executive Director Patrick Gordon said the district is currently finalizing the new facilities’ construction timeline and gathering contractor bids.
“We’re working on finances in...