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Hey, distracted driver: Watch where you’re going

Editor’s Note: Zach Paquette of Faribault was recently in a motor vehicle crash in which the other driver fled the sc

BREAKING NEWS: WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS TORNADO HIT STEELE COUNTY

The word of the year for 2021 should probably be “unprecedented” for many reasons – including the weather.

Looking Back: 2021 in Review

Another year has come and gone.

Soldiers switch to scrubs

For a bunch of soldiers, they sure look like health care and culinary staff – and for at least the next week, they’ll

Wassailing a tradition for local couple

Here we come a wassailing, among the leaves so green
Here we come a wondering so fair to be seen…
 

THE MIRACLE WOMAN

By every account Shannon Kerr shouldn’t be alive today.

HOT PURSUIT

For 10 years, Jerry Lageson has created what has become known as the shining beacon of southern Minnesota, at least w

Lives spared as tornado hits Hartland

When Gage Flatness’ emergency radio began going off with severe weather alerts, he and his wife, Abby Flatness, and t

Veterans Memorial lease OK’d

With a signed lease in hand, Nicole Wacek is delivering what will likely be the best holiday news for Owatonna area v

‘Christmas is her glow season’

It may be a bit of irony that the Oakason family lives on Simplicity Drive in Ellendale where family members embrace

106 and counting

It’s unreal.

Investigators honored for work in Riess case

More than three years after a murder took place outside of Blooming Prairie, the lead investigators in the case are b

Council hears housing proposal

Craig Kruckeberg has had the same issue for years: There aren’t enough places to live in Blooming Prairie for the peo

Board quashes book complaint; cites policy

When Angie Langlie appeared before the Owatonna School Board last month, she promised the group she’d see them again

Family donates mangled car

While Tyler Maas-Schlie continues to battle for his life, the teen’s family is taking proactive measures to make sure

Childcare academy in BP launches fundraising campaign

With quality childcare becoming a major concern for parents and employers alike, a Blooming Prairie nonprofit organiz

Prairie Café to close by year’s end

For somebody who “lied my way into a job,” Nick Krekelberg has done alright.

Owatonna Live rolls out new app for programming

For years, Scott Limberg was well familiar with the complaints about viewers not being able to see local sports on th