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Country on the River Announces Chris Stapleton as First Headliner for 2017 Festival
Country on the River ended the wait to reveal its first headliner on Tuesday morning, announcing that country star Chris Stapleton will take the stage for its eighth annual festival.
Stapleton has been one of the hottest names in country music over the past year, starting with three shocking wins at the 2015 Country Music Association Awards...
A Look Back: The Shovel That Launched Steele County Historical Society Construction, Steele County
June Voss displays the shovel that broke ground for construction of the new Steele County Historical Society building, and tells how it was built with no taxpayer money. The building is a popular meeting place, and its event rooms are often booked by outside groups...
Steele County Area 2016 Election Results
U.S. Representative, District 1
Jim Hagedorn: Republican, 166,603, 49.59%
Tim Walz: Democratic-Farmer-Labor: 169,116, 50.33%
State Senator, District 24
John Jasinski: Republican, 21,885, 58.52%
Vicki Jensen: Democratic-Farmer-Labor, 15,462, 41...
Waseca County Area 2016 Election Results
U.S. Representative, District 1
Jim Hagedorn, Republican: 166,603, 49.59%
Tim Walz, Democratic-Farmer-Labor: 169,116, 50.33%
State Senator, District 23
Julie Rosen, Republican: 28,063, 70.81%
Barbara Ann Lake, Democratic-Farmer-Labor: 11,529, 29...
Dodge County Area 2016 Election Results
U.S. Representative, District 1
Jim Hagedorn, Republican: 166,603, 49.59%
Tim Walz, Democratic-Farmer-Labor: 169,116, 50.33%
State Senator, District 21
Mike Goggin, Republican: 22,901, 54.24%
Matt Schmit, Democratic-Farmer-Labor: 19,281, 45...
A Look Back: Meet Faribault’s Burdett Haessly, Rice County
Liz Kramer introduces us to Faribault native Burdett Haessly, who graduated from West Point and served as a White House aide under Presidents Truman and Eisenhower. He also worked for the Pentagon.
New episodes featuring Rice and Steele county history are posted to the Kat Kountry 105 YouTube channel and katkountry105...
Vote Your Taste Buds, Not Your Conscience, in Medford
This election season, you can vote your taste buds, not your conscience. Curly Girlz Candy in Medford offers some election-themed truffles to satisfy the politically minded sweet tooth.
Owner Paula Trenda says she started selling the #MAGA Truffle for Donald Trump and #imwithher Truffle for Hillary Clinton in mid-October...
Which Will End First, World Series Game 7 or CMA Awards? [POLL]
The CMA Awards are tonight, and so is Game 7 of the World Series.
Both baseball games and awards shows are known for dragging on endlessly, but eventually they finish. I'm a firm believer that baseball needs a time clock and awards shows should drop winners through a trap door in the floor when they exceed their acceptance time...
A Look Back: History of Rice Lake Village, Steele County
The Steele County Historical Society’s Jerry Ganfield shares the history of the Village of Rice Lake. In the 1850s, it was just east of the entrance to Rice Lake State Park and was a major stop on the stagecoach route from Rochester to Owatonna...
A Look Back: General Store, Rice County
Liz Kramer gives us a walk-through of a general store, and all one had to offer, from food to tools to fabric, and compares them to today’s big-box stores. Faribault’s Healy Bros. General Store was one of the first in the city.
New episodes featuring Rice and Steele county history are posted to the Kat Kountry 105 YouTube channel and katkountry105...