education

The Owatonna School Board has named two finalists in the decision to replace the soon to retired superintendent of Owatonna schools, Peter Grant. The finalists are Jeff Elstad, superintendent of Byron schools. He has also held positions as principal, assistant principal, director of special services and speech/language pathologist...

The Owatonna School Board released the names of the five candidates to replace Pete Grant when he resigns from the superintendent's position in June 2017.

At their recent meeting, the Owatonna School Board approved changes to the elementary school boundaries to go into effect in fall 2017.

Owatonna school nutritional director and registered dietitian Rachel Valasano was a guest on AM 1390's Talk of the Town. She mentioned that this year for a change there were very few changes in nutritional requirements for school meals. Congress is in the midst of reauthorization in regards to school meals...

If you need to apply for federal student aid, starting this year you can submit your FAFSA application on October 1. This is based on changes that were passed in 2015. One reason this was done is that some ...

Owatonna's Sophia Paley is a semifinalist for a National Merit Scholarship, according to a news release made available on Wednesday.

Medford students returned to school Tuesday with students in grades 7-12 having their first day of class. The younger students are spending the first few days of school in "school readiness," which consists of meeting with parents and teachers, taking pictures and so on...

Owatonna School Superintendent Peter Grant was a guest on AM 1390's Talk of the Town. There are more than 5,000 students this year, which is an increase with an even larger increase in pre-k students. Tonight, the Owatonna School Board will meet at 5PM to accept $8...

I was more concerned about dealing with traffic on Monday than any emotional farewell we might have when my wife and I took our son to the University of Minnesota.

In this age of texting, spelling is a skill that is fast fading away. But for some Steele County sixth-graders, spelling skills are no joke. On Thursday at the Steele County Free Fair, 16 students from Steele County schools bravely put their word knowledge to the test on the KRFO stage. ...