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BREAKING: Flood Warning Issued, Includes Rice & Steele Counties
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Warning in effect until 2:15 am Saturday morning for a portion of south central Minnesota. This Flood Warning includes Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca and. Watonwan Counties. Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent...
Stories shared from overlooked chapter of orphanage, state school history
The story of the Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children is one of the most prominent aspects of local history, but the chapter that followed is a relative unknown — to both the community and the experts. The institution was reorganized into the Owatonna State School (OSS) in 1945, with the purpose of caring for and educating children with learning and developmental disabilities. Over the next 25 years, 1,694 students lived on the grounds, educated and cared for by a host of...
State Patrol Identifies Motorcyclist Killed in Southeast Minnesota Crash
Blooming Prairie, MN (KROC-AM News)- The State Patrol has released the name of the motorcyclist who was killed in a crash in southeast Minnesota on Thursday. Preliminary information indicated the motorcycle operator was a 57-year-old man from Austin. The State Patrol responded to the deadly crash near Blooming Prairie shortly...
Area farmers cope with heavy rain; river flooding expected over weekend
It has been a wet and stormy start to summer in southern Minnesota, and the immediate weather forecast does not look promising in terms of relief. The Owatonna area ended the week in a flood watch, originally scheduled to end Saturday afternoon, while a flood warning was put into effect Friday afternoon through the night. From Monday through Friday afternoon, the area had accumulated roughly 2.33 inches of rain, and...
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