Hi! I grew up in the Twin Cities, but I consider myself to be citified small town country. Radio has taken me to northern Iowa and southern Minnesota. I am married to a great guy and we have 3 cats (or maybe they have us, we're not sure)! I volunteer with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Healthy Seniors and the local food shelf. I also try to give a bit to the Humane Society. Reading, Quilting and Sudoku are a few of my hobbies. Sports are cool too! I enjoy playing golf (the real kind, not video) and listen to or watch most of the rest...especially baseball. Go Twins!
Lisa Marie
Benefit For Linda Avery in Mazeppa
Linda Avery was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and lung cancer in August. In October she began chemotherapy after battling a collapsed lung.
There will be a cancer benefit for Linda Avery on Saturday, April 9, at the Mazeppa Community Center, 121 Maple St...
Pool Tournament Benefit for Mary Zak
Mary Zak is battling cervical cancer. She will be flying to Maryland to a clinic that specializes in treating this cancer. Mary is Dave Zak’s wife and he is a longtime pool player.
A pool tournament benefit for Mary Zak will be on Saturday, April 16...
Owatonna Park and Rec Looking for Pictures
The Owatonna Park and Recreation will be putting together a 2017 calendar and they would like your pictures. As you are out and about at all the different parks in Owatonna and taking pictures, it could go in a calendar.
All seasons are needed...
Rave Reviews for Medford’s Musical
The Medford High School spring musical, 1955: A Rock & Roll Musical, was fun, to put it simply. They put you in the mood for the program right away by playing a few '50s tunes before the curtains opened.
The show was fun because you knew the songs. So...
One-Hit Wonders: The Easybeats
Many songs that charted but only one U.S. hit for the band down under: The Easybeats, according to milesago.com.
Johannes "Harry Vanda" Vandenburg traveled from England to Australia in 1964 with his family. As a lead guitarist, he was in a group in Holland...
Lisa’s Logic: Animals are Out and About
This time of year we like to get out and enjoy, including the animals of all sorts. Well, when it's wet sometimes even ducks like a little "dry" land.
Ducks, turkeys, deer, oh my.
Account exec Rich Will noticed a mallard duck couple on our KRFO lawn...
Steele County Towns in Other States, Part Two
Earlier this week, I matched Steele County cities and townships with other states by first using NOAA, then another site to find them all over the world. Well, I missed a couple. Steele County has three original named towns: Owatonna, Blooming Prairie and Steele Center...
Lisa’s Logic: Some Fun for April Fool’s Day
Friday is April Fool's Day. I found one reason for the day is when they moved the new year in 1564 from the end of March to the beginning of January, the French would stick a fish to the back of those that celebrated the new year March 25 to April 1 and were called "Poisson 'd Avril" and that translate to April Fish, which the French think of April Fools...
Enjoy an Evening of Painting in Owatonna
The Owatonna After Prom Committee has a new fundraising event, something for anyone and everyone.
It is a Paint Night to take place on Thursday, April 7, from 6-9PM at the Owatonna Knights of Columbus Hall, 820 S. Elm St.
Paint instructors are Deborah Mandt and Tamera Reuvers; you can check out their Facebook page, Brush Happy...
Steele County Cities in Other States
Steele County has a couple of original names for cities, which are Owatonna and Blooming Prairie. Also within the county are a number of townships that are cities and townships in other states. To find out what other states our cities were in I went to NOAA and typed in the city and it listed the information...