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Medford students get chance to save lives

Medford students and staff members donated 61 pints of blood during last week’s American Red Cross blood drive sponso

Standing out in a crowd

Whether it is glasses, braces, red hair or freckles, Medford students performed the musical “Freckleface Strawberry”

Tobacco use banned on most county property

Tobacco use is no longer allowed on the majority of Steele County property.

Medford High to put on ‘Freckleface Strawberry’ this weekend

Medford High School students are thinking back to when they were children in an attempt to to channel their inner kid

DNR to crack down on Dodge County illegal water users

In response to concerns about water wells drying up and large feedlots potentially draining water without proper perm

Life renewed at family business

A tragedy that would typically cause a store to close for good has had the opposite effect on the Paffrath family, ow

OHS educator in Teacher of the Year pool

Owatonna High School Teacher Wendy Stephani has been chosen as one of the 30 semifinalists for this year’s Minnesota

Attorneys: Body cams would have helped lawsuit claims

The attorney for the Blooming Prairie man who accused police of roughing him up says body cams on officers would have

‘Guys and Dolls’ take stage at OHS

Over the weekend Owatonna High School students took their audience back to the 1950s in New York City with three perf

Dodge sheriff strives to make department better

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office has been very busy since the election with its new administration and transition pl

OHS kicks off AVID program

For the first time in the history of Owatonna High School, there is a

Highway 14 expansion gets boost

The completion of the last segments of the Highway 14 expansion project got a boost last week with the announcement o

SE Minnesota groundwater at higher risk

The dangers of nitrates from fertilizers leaching into groundwater was one of the topics of a workshop dealing with c

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION

The Little Theatre of Owatonna’s “The 39 Steps” kicked off this past weekend, but what many people in the audience mi

Highway 14 bills moving ahead in legislature

The Corridors of Commerce bill that will include funding for completing work on Highway 14 through Dodge County is mo

Butting it out

Carnival rides, fair food and entertainment may not be the only things greeting fairgoers at this year’s Steele Count

Artist returns to her roots

Blooming Prairie native Elisa “Lisi” Wright has always had a love for music and started to pursue it at the young age

Distinguished principal credits FFA to influencing her career success

As one of the most distinguished educators in the country, Michelle Krell is busy running an elementary school, but s