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Surprise revealed for this year’s BP Paint the Town Pink

 There was something different about painting Blooming Prairie pink with 250 flags this year. 

A BLAZING HOT NEW RECORD

Records are meant to be broken.

LET’S GET POPPIN

After 25 years of protecting and serving people through law enforcement, a former sheriff’s deputy is popping and ser

Cycling for a cure

With a passion to help others, Carl and Denise Wieman of Owatonna are on a crusade to find a cure for Multiple Sclero

Area teachers receive science kits for classrooms

With the start of the school year right around the corner, six area teachers are off to head start after participatin

Steele's top seniors are humbled

Both outstanding senior citizens for Steele County expressed extreme humility when accepting the 2018 Senior Citizen

Start the engines

Four large cutting-edge natural gas generator sets promise to bring more efficient and reliable energy to the region.

Fair goes on despite year of obstacles

Putting together the state’s largest county fair is no easy task in a normal year.

Iconic sign relit at Lansing Corners

Two years ago, new Lansing Corners owners Tammy and Ward Jeno said, "We want to bring Lansing Corners back to it

Downtown Thursday a hit for area residents

With crowds rolling into downtown and beautiful blue skies above, the premiere of Owatonna’s Downtown Thursday event

FFA members ready to share activities at fair

The Blooming Prairie Future Farmers of America chapter will be telling Steele County Fair visitors about their activi

'He was like a brother I never had'

In a historic barn located near Litomysl, Mike Cassen, 68, leaned on his cane and tearfully looked at clippings and p

DCSO RESPONSE TO THE INCIDENT WITH LARRY DOBSON AT NAYLOR'S POND

Editor's Note: This incident does not reflect any actions taken by any member of the DCI.

150 years and counting

 Named as one of the Minnesota Farm Bureau’s sesquicentennial farms, the Krause family certainly has a story to tell.

A summer pre-fair ritual

Weigh, feed, walk, repeat. 

‘It’s like pirate’s gold’

Cleaning out the attic can sometimes produce some big dividends.

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