Steele County, MN

Enjoying a beautiful day for opening the season at Johnson's Orchard are Melissa Williams, Sandy Tollefson and her daughter, Emma Tollefson, and Scott Williams. Gary and Judy Johnson of Johnson Oakside Orchard were busy on their season's opening day, Sunday, September 19th. They were quickly bagging more of the early apple varieties of Honeycrisp, Zestar, SweeTango, Regents, and Paula Red, as displayed bags left with customers. The later varieties of the popular Haralson and Fireside apples are being added as they are ready to harvest.

Over the last two years, many annual events have seen drastic changes to how they’ve been run, or were forced to cancel altogether.

A Rice County man who assaulted a Steele County Free Fair director during the 2021 event has been found guilty in a sophisticated racketeering scheme and will spend at least six years in prison.

The Steele County Sheriff will be challenged for his job in the November general election. On the first day of filings Tuesday, Sheriff Lon Thiele filed for re-election as did one of his deputies, Darrin Helget, who also ran against him in the 2018 election. In the last election, which...

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Owatonna businesses, nonprofits, and schools, Scott Limberg’s video production business literally had nowhere to go. Since 2012, Limberg Productions has captured events and activities throughout the community for OwatonnaLive.com. He and his staff usually can be seen behind a video camera at everything from Owatonna and Medford high school sports events to summer concerts and local government meetings.

Get smiles and high fives everywhere you go during the Steele County Free Fair this August. You will be the most photographed person on the fairgrounds, though no one will recognize you. Fair manager Scott Kozelka says you can play the role of Steely or Stella, the mascots of the...

The Rice County Board of Commissioners held their Committee of the Whole Work Session today at the County Government Services building in Faribault. A representative of Wold Architects and Engineers based in St. Paul outlined six options for future expansion of the Rice Steele 911 Dispatch Center which is currently housed in Owatonna.

The NRHEG Clay target team, currently in their 11th season, will once again be participating in the MSHSCTL Fall League. This is actually the 11th season for the fall league as well so our team has been a part of this fall sport since its inception. As of early September...

Community Pathways of Steele County is a resource for clothing, food, and other services for those in need within the Owatonna community and Steele County. Dom Korbel, Executive Director, shared the service numbers for those utilizing the food shelf services that are provided by Community Pathways, and it has shown over the last 6 weeks an increase of 65% of families utilizing those services compared to the number of families using the food shelf services in August of 2021.