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Elaborate Halloween display features carnival games
Come one, come all, each October night, to the house on the hill, and behold a spooky sight. Coy and Kathy Lane have spent the last nine months constructing, painting, organizing and otherwise preparing their grandiose Halloween display outside their home at 234 First Avenue SW. This year, visitors can win prizes like vampire teeth and spider rings at the Salem Witches’ class reunion at the Cauldron County Scare Grounds. ...
Appreciating Owatonna’s revamped, pedestrian‑friendly downtown
Fill a downtown with lush greenery and flowers in oversized planters, add water features, and places to sit, mingle and converse, and you have what I consider an inviting space. That would be downtown Owatonna. On a recent visit to this southern Minnesota city an hour south of Minneapolis along Interstate 35, I discovered a visually-appealing, pedestrian-friendly business district along revamped North Cedar Avenue. I haven’t walked through downtown Owatonna in awhile, not since a major streetscape project was completed in the fall of 2022....
Author shares Minnesota fun facts, oddities at game show-inspired program
Doug Ohman is practically a walking atlas of Minnesota. The author and photographer presented Monday evening at Owatonna Public Library, taking visitors on an alphabetical tour of the state from Alberta to Zumbrota. Ohman, a regular presenter at libraries around Minnesota, has spent over 30 years uncovering and sharing stories from the state’s past. He said the program, entitled “Name That Town,” is his most interactive. Ohman structured it like...
Waseca Library hosts popular cooking club
Since the onset of the post-COVID era — and even a little bit before — the Waseca Public Library’s cooking club has been a special place for everyone from chefs with 50+ years in the kitchen to kids trying out their first recipes to share great food, laughs and cooking ideas. Roughly once a quarter, the cooking club meets in the Waseca Public Library’s activity room to share unique recipes drawn from a single cookbook. During the month, anyone who wants can come in to...
A LIFE WELL LIVED: Keith Bangs remembered as renaissance man in Owatonna sports
In his early years, Keith Bangs lived in many places, called many towns his home, before he landed Owatonna in 1974. It was there that he stayed until his death on Sept. 9 of this year. Bangs was a fixture in the Owatonna community, especially in the athletics scene, involved with four sports as coach and statistician during his 50 years here. ...
Studio ARTour celebrates 20 years this weekend
For the past two decades, one tour has been bringing artists’ inspiration to the limelight. The Studio ARTour has been going on for 20 years and is a place for artists in South Central Minnesota to display their artwork for others to see. This is not your typical art show — there are 18 studios to see and 33 artists. The tour extends to Faribault, Northfield, Dundas and Farmington. Tami Resler, the chair of the art tour, said this tour is a great way to...
Bluejays win final meets as regular season comes to a close
Believe it or not, the regular season for the Waseca Bluejays girls tennis team is drawing to a close, as it had its last home meet last Tuesday and its last regular season meet was set for Tuesday, Oct. 1. The Bluejays beat the Cannon Falls Bombers on Monday night, Sept. 23 on the road and the Rochester Lourdes Eagles Tuesday night, Sept. 24 at home. The Bluejays have moved...
Building relationships, individualized learning key topics at Owatonna School Board candidate forum
With no shortage of interest in multiple races this year, the highly anticipated candidate forum for the Owatonna School Board kicked off local forum season. Hosted by the People’s Press, Owatonna Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism and Owatonna Noon Rotary Club, nearly every seat was filled Monday at the Owatonna Country Club to hear from six of the eight candidates for School Board: Nikki Gieseke, Mike Herman, Tim Jensen (incumbent), Ron Kubicek, April St. Martin and Andrea Van Gelder. ...
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