Blooming Prairie News

Blooming Prairie's Whitney Burt comes down with a rebound against Kenyon-Wanamingo Friday night in Blooming Prairie.

The Montgomery/Lonsdale beat Blooming Prairie 52-32 in BP Thursday. The Awesome Blossoms fell behind 29-7 in the first 12 minutes and got back to within 12 in the second, but couldna t get any closer.

HOPE, Minn. a ' A 29-year-old Moline, Ill., man has been taken into custody after shots were fired at a Minnesota State Trooper today on Interstate 35.

Apparently the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series promoters were more than impressed with their first visit to Deer Creek Speedway.

It's that time again: Lutefisk season is upon us. Minnesotans have a complicated relationship with lutefisk, lefse's ugly step sister.

For several years, Blooming Prairie librarian and Steele County Historical Society Board member Nancy Vaillancourt has been working on an article about the Ku Klux Klan.

Southeast Minnesota schools continue to go the distance thanks to a funding boost.

Blooming Prairie kept Saturday's state semifinal game close, trailing by only 3 at the half.

A tour bus rolled over on an interstate in southern Minnesota Wednesday afternoon, killing at least two people, police said.

Two people are dead and 21 injured after a charter bus ran off Interstate 90 near Austin and rolled into a ditch.

State officials say there were fatalities in a southern Minnesota tour bus rollover this afternoon.

Reservations for the Semcac Senior Dining program will now be needed for all meals.

Steele County Relay for Life had its first meeting on Monday, Nov. 2. It was very exciting to see the number of people who turned out for the informational meeting.

On the day after an election, it's tempting and perfectly appropriate to sort things out in terms of winners and losers, especially when we're talking about mayoral candidates or people who are vying for a city council seat.

It's back to the cutting board for Byron public schools after a proposed increase in its operating levy proved to be too much for taxpayers Tuesday.

Soon former Police Officer Dave Burbank will be back on the Third Ward beat, this time as its representative on the city council.

One thing you can say about "off-year" elections: They're not nearly as noisy as other election years.

Voters in two Steele County school districts will among those in several districts across the state who will be asked Tuesday to give the schools more money.

With the election just days away, Blooming Prairie school officials are still trying to make sure voters are informed about two operating levies on the ballot.

Early on in the race, there appeared to be a little bit of competition among those running for the Blooming Prairie school board, but with just days before the vote, that is not the case.