Community Bulletin Board

The 14th annual STRIVE Wellness 5K Run and 1.5 mile Fitness Walk will take place on Saturday, August 19 at the Owatonna High School. STRIVE stands for Students Taking a Renewed Interest in the Value of Education. The run provides scholarships to high school students that take part in the Owatonna Rotary's STRIVE Mentor Program...

Owatonna's Crazy Days celebration begins Thursday with savings throughout the city into the weekend. A check of the Owatonna Business Partnership website shows a lot of extra work has gone into this year's planning, with many new things to experience...

Sue Peoples of Owatonna has been named feature artist for the Art on the Hills art festival. Around 30 artists will be showing and selling their creations on Saturday, July 29, from 9AM to 5PM and Sunday, July 30, from 10AM to 4PM. Sue will be demonstrating her craft during the art festival...

Certainly a busy weekend in Owatonna is in the offing. Fundraisers, plays and a number of musical concerts. Saturday, April 22, Trinity Lutheran Church of Owatonna welcomes singer-songwriter Will Peters, who hales from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota...

Paramedics respond to your needs any time of the day or night. North Ambulance has a paramedic that needs your help. Todd Magnuson is 51 and grew up and presently lives in Zumbrota. He's a paramedic for North Ambulance in Faribault and has been with North Memorial for 12 years...

The Owatonna figure skating club invites you to their 2017 Road Trip Ice Show on Saturday, March 11, starting at 2PM. This year's show at the Four Seasons will feature music from artists such as Alicia Keys, Kiss, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blues Brothers, Johnny Cash, Elvis and more...

The Steele County Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT, will be holding a class for new members in February. If you would like to find out more or sign up for training classes, contact Bonnie at (507) 390-2385. CERT volunteers take classes in disaster preparedness, fire suppression, medical operations, light search and rescue and more...

Several youth events are scheduled in Owatonna this weekend, including youth league bowling signup, the Elks hoop shoot and a skating show at Four Seasons in Owatonna.

Owatonna's Abigail Hansen will perform a harp concert Friday, December 30, at the Owatonna Arts Center. It begins at 7:30PM.

Ten-year-old Maohamed Mungani was killed in an accident while riding his bike on August 17. Brad Mondahl, his friend, decided after that to do some type of event to help get kids helmets. That got the attention of Randy Johansen, who had put on a ride earlier this year in honor of Sophie Schultz, who died after being hit by an SUV while riding her bike in Albert Lea...