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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...

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

Trinity Lutheran Church of Medford is in the midst of their annual meat sale fundraiser. Steve's Meat Market of Ellendale is providing the products. To place an order, contact Darlene Felber at (507) 334-4175 or any church member. The fundraiser proceeds (20 percent) will fund the Trinity 2016 Vacation Bible School Day Camp and their Youth Gathering expenses in New Orleans in July...

Are you thinking of buying a house? Houses can be expensive, whether buying or fixing one up. Some are a lot more than others. It's fun to see what is out there. How many rooms can they put in one house and what are they putting as a name for that room: rec room, library, den, study, gym...

The Medford Choir Christmas Concert was Tuesday, December 22, with Bev Cashman directing. Lyn Andrews played piano. It will be broadcast on KRFO AM1390 today at 2PM and Thursday, Dec. 24, at 10AM. The night started with the Junior High Choir and they sang three songs...

Sept. 1 marked the beginning of classes for students in the Medford School District. Most of the other area schools have elected to begin school next week after Labor Day. When a person says something to the effect of how things have changed, they might as well say instead, I'm getting old...

The Huskies rallied from a 14-0 halftime deficit then topped the Rockets in the second overtime 27-21. The Cobras and Panthers each went to 2-0 with 34-6 victories Friday night.

Barry Adams with the Steele County Historical Society takes us to Riverside Cemetery in Medford, where Civil War solider George Sawyer is buried. Adams tells us of Sawyer’s life in Medford, and of his love, Helen “Nellie” Sanborn. New episodes featuring Rice and Steele county history are posted to the KRFO-AM YouTube channel and krforadio...