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- Compost site welcomes old Christmas trees
Margaret Michaletz unloads her Christmas tree at Owatonna's compost site Saturday, the day Christmas tree recycling began.
- Owatonna / Drunkenness called slaying motive
Prosecutors in the case of a slain Waseca father and son want jurors to know about the suspect's drunken-driving arrest about two months before the killings.
- Owatonna man pleads guilty to threatening two with car, knife
OWATONNA a ' An Owatonna man has pleaded guilty to making terroristic threats after he allegedly brandished a knife while trying to run his ex-girlfriend and another man off the road.
- Firefighter sues the City of Owatonna
A firefighter seriously injured during a church fire in 2006 has sued the City of Owatonna for negligence.
- College not on district's list of budget priorities for 2009
If there are any budget priorities in 2009 for the Owatonna school district, Pillsbury Baptist Bible College is not one of them.
- As faculty clean up campus, Pillsbury remains for sale
As faculty and staff at Pillsbury Baptist Bible College packed up their belongings and bid farewell to the campus on Wednesday, the school remained up for sale by the Minnesota Baptist Association.
- Two men charged in New Year's Day shooting
OWATONNA a ' Two Owatonna men were charged in Steele County District Court Friday after a New Yeara TMs Day shooting that left four people injured.
- Owatonna Foundation stows away time capsule
As Jerry Deetz, president of the Owatonna Foundation, lugged a lockbox toward the safety deposit box vault at Wells Fargo Bank on Wednesday, a bank employee approached him.
- 4 Injured In Owatonna Shooting
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- Mother Hit Child in Fatal Owatonna Accident
Owatonna police are releasing more details about an accident that left a two year old child dead.They say 26 year old Sarah Beth Skalicky was moving her Ford Explorer out of the garage at her home when she ...
- Police release details on 2-year-old's death
More details related to the accidental death of 2-year-old Mason Skalicky were released Wednesday by the Owatonna Police Department.
- Owatonna Foundation trustee dies
Larry J. Rietz, a trustee of the Owatonna Foundation for 25 years, died Tuesday.
- Red Cross Reorganizes Offices
Some local offices of the American Red Cross are Reorganizing in Southern Minnesota.
- In the red: As shopping season wraps up, retail sales suffer
Customers look for deals on Friday at Karla s TV Audio Appliances Furniture Store near Medford.
- Child Dies In Owatonna Accident
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- Beating the clock
Shoppers were out in force on Tuesday, looking to check off the remaining gifts on their lists.
- Martinez makes an impact on his community
When Fabian Martinez graduated from the ROSE Alternative School in 2006, it wasn't just his fellow students he impressed.
- Water, sewer rates decrease in Medford
Medford residents can look forward to a zero percent tax increase and lower water and sewer bills in 2009.
- It's for the birds
The two men tromping through snow drifts behind houses on the edge of Kaplan's Woods Saturday were upsetting the family dog.
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City DescriptionOwatonna is a city in Steele County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 22,434 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Steele County. Owatonna is home to the Steele County Fairgrounds, which hosts the Steele County Free Fair in August.
Interstate 35 and U.S. Routes 14, and 218 are three of the main arterial routes in the city.
Owatonna was first settled in 1853 around the Straight River.
In 1883, Owatonna was the site of the State Fair and soon the county established its own fair in Owatonna, the Steele County Free Fair or SCFF, the largest free fair in Minnesota.
All the attention on the area in the late 1800s caused the city administration (and a fly-by-night corporation from which the city administrators profited) to devise a tourism and bottled water scheme in which a story centered around a "Princess Owatonna" was concocted. According to the story, Princess Owatonna, daughter of Chief Wabena, fell ill. She was so ill she couldn't lift her head to drink the smallest pool of water. The chief had heard of the wonderful curative effects of water bubbling from the ground in what is now Owatonna, and decided that only their magical restorative properties could save ... Read MoreCity Contained By:City Contains:Timezones:Size:
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