blooming prairie

The Blooming Prairie Education Foundation will hold their fundraising auction this Saturday, April 2, at the Pizza Cellar in Blooming Prairie. The silent auction begins at 3PM and the live auction at 6PM. Items up for bids include: Lawnmowing for a month Carlie Wagner-signed picture, shirt, basketball and clock The Ag Department will offer 40 man hours of rock picking Sand box Tickets to Beyonce

There will be a number of Easter egg hunts in the area for youngsters on Saturday, March 26. The Blooming Prairie Women of Today will have their eighth annual Easter Egg Hunt starting at 11AM in the Blooming Prairie City Park. It's open to kids 10 and younger...

March has been designated as Red Cross Month by each U.S. president since 1943. The Red Cross supplies about 40 percent of the nation's blood. With about 2,600 hospitals nationwide, blood donors of all types are needed to help patients as they recover from accidents, going through organ transplants, surgery or cancer treatment...

Steele County as we know it today was established in 1856 and named after Franklin Steele, who was a governmental contractor, according to the county's website. The county is 432 square miles. The population in 1860 was 2,863 and the 2011 Census placed the population at 36,350 According to the city of Blooming Prairie, in 1856 it was first known as Oak Glen Township...

The high schools in the area have a busy schedule with putting some beautiful music in the air this month. First on the list will be this Thursday, March 3, Medford will have a choir and band concert at 6:30PM. Next week: Tuesday, March 8: NRHEG's band will play at 7:30PM Thursday, March 10: Owatonna High School (OHS) will have an All-City Choir concert at 7PM Sunday, March 13: OHS will have a ja

The Exchange Club of Steele County presented Blooming Prairie Police Department Cpl. Jacob Peterson with Peace Officer of the Year on Friday, Feb. 26, according to a press release. Peterson has been with the force for 13 years. He is one of eight officers on the Blooming Prairie force...

The Minnesota State Patrol is continuing their investigation into a fatal head-on collision just outside Blooming Prairie this morning. The accident occurred on Highway 218 just north of town around 6:45AM. A southbound vehicle operated by 43-year-old Karl Erickson of Austin crossed the center line and collided head-on with a northbound vehicle operated by 79-year-old Paul Ingvaldson of Blooming P

There was laughter filling the Blooming Prairie High School gym on Sunday, Jan. 31, and all for a good cause. Dairyland Donkey Basketball from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, was in as a fundraiser for the Blooming Prairie Education Foundation. Donkey basketball has two eight-minute periods of 4-on-4 with four teams and one eight-minute championship period...

The Blooming Prairie Boys and Girls Club will have their benefit bash on Saturday, February 6, starting at 5PM.The evening at the Servicemen's Club will include a live and silent auction along with games and food specials available. New this year will be a VIP party for kids...

How about a house that stands out? A unique house will make it easier to find for family and friends that come to visit. Instead of the usual, "The third house on the left," you will be able to say the orange house, or the A-frame house. Maybe the one with a princess tower...