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Tornado narrowly misses fair on opening day

It didn’t look like the Steele County Free Fair was going to get off on a good note once again this year as a severe

Breaking news: Blooming’s Minimizer to leave town

Owatonna Mayor Tom Kuntz confirmed Saturday night that Blooming Prairie-based Minimizer is leaving town and moving to

The generation of mass shootings

I remember about seven years ago, I was at the urgent care with my mom.

New city clerk settles back home in Ellendale

When Tiffany Krueger moved to Iowa with her family several years ago, she was set to stay there for good.

Christmas in August

Christmas is a time of giving and receiving.

‘The ship is going in the right direction’

Jacob (Jake) Schwarz says he is "blessed" and "honored" to be the new principal at the Blooming P

Jury convicts man of attempted murder

A Steele County jury has found a man with a violent history who attacked and stabbed a woman with a knife guilty of a

A fair act of different sorts

A Christian music heavyweight ended up bringing church to the fair in Albert Lea last Friday night.

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