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It was an exciting day for 150 special education kids on Friday, May 10 at the Blooming Prairie High School track.
These students in grades K-6 were the star attractions on this special Zumbro Education District (ZED) Activity Day. It was the 29th annual ZED Activity Day.
Mostly sunny skies...
It's about building trust in the Lord.
That was an emotional message brought to a group of mostly women gathered at First Lutheran Church of Blooming Prairie on a chilly May Day. Attendance was listed at 120.
It was a third annual Guest Day where Lutheran Church Women of First Lutheran invited...
"For I was hungry and you gave me food." -- Matthew 25:35
This Bible verse printed on Feed My Starving Children Mobilepack t-shirts symbolized a community-wide effort in Blooming Prairie on Friday and Saturday, May 10-11, to provide food for those in need around the world.
First Lutheran Church...
In his ten years as the tournament’s director, Loren Deitz has seen the field of teams more than double at the Corky’s Early Bird Softball Classic.
On Saturday night, the Owatonna Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism recognized Deitz for the economical impact of the tournament.
“We want to...
"It's really cool that we can help other people in need," remarks Gabe Hein when reflecting on the Feed My Starving Children program.
Gabe, his twin brother Zack and their mother and father, Danielle and Roger, recently helped pack food at the Feed My Starving Children warehouse in Eagan.
The Heins...
It's back to Wisconsin for a converted Minnesotan, Pastor Lindsay (Stolen) Brennan.
She spent the last 7 1/2 years as pastor of a rural congregation at Red Oak Grove Lutheran Church, rural Austin. She says Red Oak Grove reminded her of the church she "grew up in" nearby Edgerton in south central...
The Little Theatre of Owatonna’s newest production has all the ingredients of a good comedy. There’s an uptight businessman, a policewoman with a bold personality, a nun, a husband and wife who run a fishing lodge, their son and daughter-in-law, and an axe murderer on the loose, all thrown together...
"It's OK to get stuck, to fail and to eventually get through it," said Blooming Prairie High School robotics coach Sarah Oelkers when addressing the Arkema CAP (Citizens Advisory Panel) group.
Oelkers, her assistant coach (Brandon Oelkers) and Wrench Warmers team members Riley Millam, Viridiana...
"I didn't give him the chance to say 'no,'" said Kelly LaMotte when discussing how she and Derrick became one of the eight couples to be entered in the 2019 Dancing with Our Steele County Stars competition.
Kelly, a local sales representative for LulaRoe clothing, said Becky Hoffman contacted her...
The number 13 is lucky for some and not so lucky for others.
For First Lutheran Church women quilters, the number 13 is lucky. It took women of the church 13 Mondays to fabricate 230 quilts.
Every year Lutherans across the U.S. sew quilts and assemble kits of supplies that Lutheran World Relief...
