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Are you a hunter that is looking to upgrade your arsenal but struggle trying to find the one that is best suited for your needs? One Blooming Prairie Company is hoping to become that one shop stop for all of your firearms needs.
Since the early 1990’s, The BP Trading Company has been a fixture in...
A deluge of rain in late September has forced Blooming Prairie area farmers to play a strategy game in deciding how to harvest some fields still containing wet conditions.
“I still have dust and that makes me happy,” remarked Jim O’Connor of O’Connor Farms when navigating his 8230 Case combine....
There’s a lot of orange popping up around the Steele County Detention Center, and it’s not the jumpsuits.
On Oct. 4, detention center employees and volunteers from Big Brothers Big Sisters loaded up hundreds of pumpkins that inmates grew to donate to the organization for their fall festival.
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Jessica Kruckeberg, a BPHS graduate and daughter of local entrepreneur, Craig Kruckeberg, was recently awarded the Prestigious 2016 Pioneering Entrepreneur Award by the Colorado Counseling Association.
She was chosen for the award for her recent contribution to the mental health community through...
Clad in leather and denim as the sun beat down on them, the crowd gathered at the Steele County Fairgrounds didn’t pay any mind to the heat. They had a more important task at hand. There were fallen brothers and sisters that needed to be honored, and for the next few days, that was their job.
The...
Patriotism was front and center at the opening of Minnesota’s largest county fair in the state. The Steele County Free Fair opened Aug. 16 with the Owatonna Knights of Columbus singing a series of songs that both uplifted and inspired the fair-goers and christened the upcoming festivities.
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It will likely go down as one of the most sheepish acts to have happened at this year’s Steele County Fair.
Someone walked away with a rabbit during the nighttime hours, leaving a Medford 4-H member without her prized possession for show.
Marisa Wagaman, 18, came to the fair with seven rabbits, but...
This is what is happening Aug 18, 2016 at the Steele County Free Fair. Hope to see you out there - it IS a blast!
Owatonna’s first ever hot yoga studio, Sollid Yoga, opened on July 1. Yoga participants, both novice and experienced, enjoy the heated activity and all its benefits to body and mind.
“I’ve had so many people come up to me after class and say it felt so good and that they are glad we are here in...
They say that the number eight is the number of new beginnings. The group of over 100 bikers raising money and awareness for five different causes on July 9 were a part of the annual Ride For Hope.
Some new beginnings can be painful. In the case of Dale Fisher who lost his wife, Kim, this past...
