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Area towns are remembering our fallen veterans. In Owatonna, at 9:30AM Monday, May 30, the American Legion and VFW parade begins on School Street, going south on Elm Avenue to the Four Seasons Center on the Steele County Fairgrounds by 10:30AM for the Memorial Day program...

The first Depression Awareness 5K run will take place Saturday, May 21 in Blooming Prairie. It will be run in memory and honor of Alex Jorgenson, who was a suicide victim. High school sophomore Rylee Fawver said the idea came about as the result of a history final project...

The Owatonna and Blooming Prairie Libraries have a variety of events throughout the summer for all ages. Beginning Monday, June 6: Blooming Prairie Summer Reading Program from 10AM to noon then Storytime meets on Tuesdays at 10:30AM. Owatonna's will start on Wednesday, June 8 from 3-6PM and Storytime will meet on Tuesdays at 9:30 and 10:30AM...

Murals are paintings that will transform a blank wall into a piece of art for many to enjoy. Mostly they are found outside, but sometimes inside buildings, too. Murals may tell a story or may be about school and city pride. Murals can also be a welcoming sign...

First-year head Medford softball coach Alyssa Strunk would like to see her cousin Elly Strunk of Blooming Prairie pitch well on Monday, just not too well.

Blooming Prairie coach Ali Mach spent some time recently with the KRFO coaches show for an outlook on the season for BP softball.

The Blooming Prairie Education Foundation will hold their fundraising auction this Saturday, April 2, at the Pizza Cellar in Blooming Prairie. The silent auction begins at 3PM and the live auction at 6PM. Items up for bids include: Lawnmowing for a month Carlie Wagner-signed picture, shirt, basketball and clock The Ag Department will offer 40 man hours of rock picking Sand box Tickets to Beyonce

There will be a number of Easter egg hunts in the area for youngsters on Saturday, March 26. The Blooming Prairie Women of Today will have their eighth annual Easter Egg Hunt starting at 11AM in the Blooming Prairie City Park. It's open to kids 10 and younger...

March has been designated as Red Cross Month by each U.S. president since 1943. The Red Cross supplies about 40 percent of the nation's blood. With about 2,600 hospitals nationwide, blood donors of all types are needed to help patients as they recover from accidents, going through organ transplants, surgery or cancer treatment...

Steele County as we know it today was established in 1856 and named after Franklin Steele, who was a governmental contractor, according to the county's website. The county is 432 square miles. The population in 1860 was 2,863 and the 2011 Census placed the population at 36,350 According to the city of Blooming Prairie, in 1856 it was first known as Oak Glen Township...