Community Bulletin Board

Tragically on Nov. 23, 2014, the Standke family -- Jacob, Jenna and Paige -- lost their home to a fire. The Standke house had been in the family since 1892. They plan to rebuild and continue the tradition to living on the Standke farm. A chili feed and silent auction benefit is planned for today at the Owatonna VFW on Oakdale Drive from 4-10 p...

Susan Garwood, executive director of the Rice County Historical Society, will be making a presentation at the Steele County History Center on Jan. 29 at 1 p.m. She'll be discussing how to Navigate the Dalby Database. This database was started in the 1980s by John and Jan Dalby of Fairbault...

Winter Community Education registration is underway in Owatonna. The winter catalog showcases many events that run January through March.

The Blooming Prairie Cancer Group will be making their donation at the Eagles Cancer Telethon on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 8:40 p.m. with the Stix of Fury playing at 9:04. Then on Sunday, Jan. 18, the Blooming Prairie Cancer Group will be having a breakfast at the Pizza Cellar, downtown Blooming Prairie, from 8:30 a...

Owatonna Park and Rec announces their 1st annual Boot Hockey Tournament on February 7th at Morehouse Park. There will be brackets for age 15 and under with free registration and a bracket for 16 and older for 50 dollars per team. Sign up at Park and Rec by January 28th...

MNSure has partnered with six health insurance agencies and navigators across the state to offer enrollment assistance. Certified agents and navigators will work together to answer questions, recommend plan selection and complete enrollments...

Celebrate a day off from school with sledding and a movie. Bring your own sled to Owatonna's West Hills hill from 1-3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19. Then warm up in the multi-purpose room at SeniorPlace, 540 West Hills Circle, with hot chocolate and the movie "SnowBuddies...

Steele County Clothesline will present a Murder Mystery Dinner on Jan. 31 at the Owatonna Country Club. The play involves a murder at a birthday party in a Paris Café. Mary Fink of Clothesline stopped by AM 1390 for our Talk of the Town and told us there will also be two dinners for eight auctioned off to the highest bidders...

Brrrng it on! The 2015 Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Minnesota will hit Owatonna for the first time ever on Saturday January 31 with a 1:00 plunge into Lake Kohlmier.

Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric is launching a community solar project. Steele-Waseca this morning announced plans to construct a 250-panel solar array on their property on West Bridge Street in Owatonna in conjunction with a smaller solar array that Great River energy will own...