Wyonne Priebe has been continuing her long and successful sales career that started many years ago with one of the nation’s top insurance providers, Federated Insurance, based in Owatonna. She joined the Steele County Times as a marketing specialist in 2021 and has immersed herself in the newspaper industry ever since.

Priebe has a love for sales and connecting with people to help them with their marketing and advertising needs. Her goal is to help businesses and organizations grow in the community. She often comments how a day is not complete unless she can help at least one person grow with building their business or organization. A native of Decorah, Iowa, she moved to Owatonna in 1978. She worked for two Federated Marketing Reps for six years and then 24 years for Federated for a total of 30 years before retiring in 2013. She took some time off before coming back to work in 2015 when she joined the Steele County Sheriff’s Office as coordinator of the Special Deputies. She continues in that role today while working for the Times. She and her husband Ron live in Owatonna.

They have two adult children and three grandchildren. In their spare time, Wyonne and Ron enjoy driving their Corvette to destinations around southern Minnesota. Her philosophy in life: “Living with faith, loving through family, laughing with friends.”