News 14 January 2021

Business as usual for new county board chair

The Steele County Board of Commissioners’ new chair, Jim Brady, is expecting the coming year to be business as usual.

News 14 January 2021
More funding available to helping ailing businesses

Another round of relief for small businesses affected by COVID-19 is being made available in Steele County.

News 14 January 2021
New camera helps BP firefighters

Nobody wants to be in a fire, but if it happens, the Blooming Prairie community’s chances of survival recently increa

Kay Fate

Kay Fate has been a reporter with the Steele County Times since 2021 but has been a journalist for 35 years.

 

She has worked at several newspapers in the state, and also served as a TV news producer for a couple of years. She hated that. Fate was born and raised in Iowa, where she graduated from college with a degree in education. She taught high school English for a few years, but pivoted to journalism when her children were born, allowing her to work nights while the babies slept.

 

Opinions 6 January 2021
Howard belongs in bubble wrap

"Howard, what are you going to break next?"

Opinions 6 January 2021
Leaning on readers to strengthen the paper

As we head into a new year, it’s a good time to take a look at how we can change things up.

Obituaries 6 January 2021
Lorrayn Kubicek, 100, Waconia

Lorrayn “Cookie” Helen (Johnson) Kubicek, 100, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020.

Obituaries 6 January 2021
Arlene Busho, 88, Ellendale

Arlene M. Busho, 88 of Ellendale passed away on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021 at the New Richland Care Center. 

Sports 6 January 2021
Panthers earn honors

It was a volleyball season unlike any other and that’s especially true for two New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva

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