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Uncorking Sunday liquor sales

For the first time since the start of Prohibition, alcohol sales at liquor stores are legal on Sundays. 

Free water!

That sign hung for three days in a little white tent in Blooming Prairie’s park. I wonder if you saw it.

2017 Retail Challenge for Downtown announced

How about opening a retail shop in historic downtown Owatonna?

The farm comes to the fair

People have moved farther and farther away from the farm.

BREAKING NEWS: Mobile home destroyed in Owatonna blaze

The State Fire Marshall has been called in to investigate a blaze at a mobile home in Owatonna Friday afternoon.

Supreme Court rejects feedlot issue

A bitter three-year fight over hog feedlots in Dodge County has finally come to an end with the Minnesota Supreme Cou

BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court rejects Dodge feedlot issue

The Minnesota Supreme Court has rejected a local family’s fight against feedlots in Dodge County. 

Believe in the voice of God

Do you raise your eyebrows or roll your eyes or scratch your head when you hear someone say, “God told me…”? 

Windfall in Steele and Dodge

A new business venture is blowing into Steele and Dodge counties.

United Prairie donates to Salvation Army

United Prairie in Owatonna recently raised $880 through its Denim for Dollars program.

Community to celebrate sesquicentennial in grand style

After months of preparation, the big weekend is upon us.

BREAKING NEWS: Kidnapper at large

Brent Espenson who has an outstanding arrest warrant for kidnapping in Rochester has been sighted in Mower county.

Does your elevator go all the way to the top?

It may be a responsibility or a courtesy to send your elevator back down once you’ve reached the top.

Eagle Scout taking flight

DJ Stender is embarking on his Eagle Scout project.

“Hold your ground… stay your course”

I believe that today in midst of great adversity due to the lateness of the hour in the history of man, God is trying

Straight River Days dodged the dreaded drops

Straight River Days 2017 was months in the planning, but all too soon.

Escape with LTO’s Funny Girl

If days are feeling dark, The Little Theater of Owatonna (LTO) is hoping to brighten them with its musical production

NRHEG’s kindergartners plan future

As part of their graduation, the kindergartners at NRHEG Elementary school were asked to think about what they wanted