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Steele County Students Commit to Join Local Workforce

Federated Insurance, Viracon and Wegner have pledged millions of dollars toward a new Owatonna High School.

A big crowd turned out for the inaugural 'Downtown Thursday' event, which brought together food, music, artists and shopping to Owatonna.

Crazy Days began in Owatonna Thursday with cool temps, a monster truck appearance and a performance of the OHS Carolers. Crazy Days goes through Saturday.

United Natural Foods, based in Rhode Island, is purchasing Supervalu in an effort to create a very diverse wholesaler.

Newest member of the Owatonna Area Chamber of Commerce, Youth 1st will host a free baseball/softball clinic Saturday.

It's going to be the first of 26 Wahlburgers restaurants to open since the agreement between the grocery store chain and the famed brothers, Mark, Donnie and Paul Wahlberg. May 22nd at the Mall of America, it becomes reality.

The Owatonna Area Chamber of Commerce says in their weekly e-newsletter that local chambers of commerce and government have submitted their support letters for Highway 14 expansion to the Minnesota Department of Transportation's Corridors of Commerce program.

Schweich's Bar and Hotel in Kenyon has closed their doors. The Kenyon Leader article said the doors were locked and that workers were removing perishable items from the building on Monday.

It's an almost certainty that Toys R Us will be history. The chain plans to honor gift cards for the next 30 days. But the recomendation is that you go use it as soon as possible.