steele county

New bridge decks and reinforcement work is scheduled for Steele County Highways 18 and 31 bridges. The Highway 31 bridge is slated to close on Monday, August 14. The bridge will be demoed during the overnight hours of Monday, August 21. This will result in a closing of I-35  from 8PM on August 21 until around 8AM August 22...

A collision early Thursday at Steele County Road 45 and 98th Street sent the drivers to the Owatonna Hospital. Both were later transferred to Mayo Hospital-St. Mary's in Rochester.

A number of Steele County communities are getting set for the annual National Night Out, which will be Tuesday, August 1. Activities begin at 5:30PM in Blooming Prairie's Central Park. There will be a bounce house and kids games. A child ID table will be set up and there will be a laser demo at 7PM...

Habitat for Humanity of Steele-Waseca Area is looking for those interested in getting involved with Habitat for Humanity but not sure if they have time to dedicate to the site. Habitat for Humanity of Steele-Waseca Area is looking for individuals or groups to donate lunch for their construction volunteers during this house build...

The United Way of Steele County announces that Federated Insurance will once again serve as the 2017 United Way Corporate Campaign Leader. Since 2006, an Owatonna business has served as a campaign leader. Federated served in this capacity once before in 2010...

The United Way of Steele County has awarded $500,000 to local human services nonprofit agencies for 2018. The programs are in one of three funding areas: income, education and health. The income funding area agencies received $194,000 and they include the Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Steele County Clothesline, Steele County Food Shelf which includes the Meals in Motion, Transitional

The Steele County Toys for Tots program has once again received special recognition. For the second straight year the program has been recognized as a top 20 Local Community Organization in the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation national and regional campaigns...

The Steele County Healthy Seniors will have their fundraising golf tournament on Tuesday, July 11. It's especially important this year as Healthy Seniors made the decision to forego state and federal funding. About $30,000 must be found to make up the difference...

The annual Power of the Purse fundraiser raises money for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. The Foundation mails an age-appropriate book to each enrolled child every month from the time they are born until they reach age 5. Steele County has 1,200 children receiving books monthly...

On Tuesday Steele Waseca Co-op Electric (SWCE) held their 81st annual meeting. I have attended a number of SWCE annual meetings and they always have a big crowd! They set up a stage and tables in their home office warehouse and shop. Again this year Hy-Vee from Owatonna was there to grill pork shops and serve the lunch after the annual meeting...