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

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

Loretta M.  Moe, 78, Owatonna, died Sunday, March 15, 2015 at Homestead Hospice House.

Melissa Kay Eastberg, 39, of Owatonna, died Sunday, March 15, 2015 at Seasons Hospice in Rochester, Minnesota after a

Kenneth Lee Nihart, 92 of Austin, died Monday, March 9, 2015, at Our House Assisted Living, Austin. 

LaVonne Mae Simonson, 84, of Owatonna, died Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at Koda Living Community.

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