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B&B Manufacturing celebrates 20 years of growth, looking forward to more
After starting out with just a table saw and an old press break crammed into an 800-square-foot business incubator in Owatonna, Scott Bongers never imagined where B&B Manufacturing & Assembly would be today.
Owatonna church event offers tips for supporting trans youth, shares local stories
Caring for a child who is questioning their gender identity is something few parents and caregivers are prepared for. They often struggle to navigate the process, wondering what pronouns to use, how to support their child and the appropriate age for a young person to explore a different identity than the one they were raised with. To answer these questions and many more, Associated Church hosted a discussion event Thursday evening with licensed social worker and therapist Ori Wasserburg, who works with transgender and nonbinary...
Falcons win 5-set thriller over Owatonna
Ask any coach in just about any sport and they will tell you that all they really want is for their team to be playing at its best by the end of the year. For Faribault volleyball it would be hard to define the season as anything but long. The Falcons have lost in just about every way imaginable, a product of youth as much as anything else. But now, Faribault is starting to win, too, turning those losses into victories, those lessons learned into...
Ben Staska named 2024 Owatonna Firefighter of the Year
When he was younger, Ben Staska didn’t want to be a firefighter; he wanted to be a cop. It was when he watched his uncle, Brian Staska, a longtime firefighter and instructor in Austin, deal with terminal cancer — a diagnosis that was related to his decades of fire service. When the southern Minnesota fire service community enveloped his uncle with support, Ben Staska said it was then his desires shifted. ...
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