Steele County News

A warrant has been issued for a Dodge Center man's arrest for allegedly breaking into a woman's home and assaulting her in front of their children.

Former Mayor Lee Lansing could face four separate trials in Steele County on purported state ethics violations.

Steele County has been put on notice. The Minnesota Pollution Control agency conducted its annual inspection of the Steele County Landfill near Blooming Prairie in May.

For those who attended Steele County's Breakfast on the Farm on Saturday, the hosts hoped they would not just savor the cheese, milk and butter, but leave with a new-found appreciation for the process.

In recognition of the Federated Insurance donation, we thank you for giving hope to the families of Steele County.

As the Steele County's fiscal year ends next week department heads will be called on one by one to ration which expenses they can cut and which are irrevocable in an effort to make up for cuts to county aid made by Gov.

This week, Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced the details of his plan to unilaterally cut an additional $2.7 billion from the state budget, on top of $2 billion in cuts passed already this session by the legislature.

You've got to wonder about what kind of person would play upon the fears of others - particularly vulnerable individuals - after a potentially dangerous time.

The city's lawsuit against Rare Aircraft has resurrected itself once again after a Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled in the city's favor Tuesday, reversing an earlier decision by local Judge Casey Christian.

When Terrance Peach received a ticket for not wearing a seat belt, he didn't think a $25 was too bad of a price to pay.

One of two construction company owners charged with stealing nearly $1 million from subcontractors pleaded guilty Monday.

Although the World Health Organization has bumped the H1N1 flu alert to Level Six - classifying it as a world pandemic - no cases have been reported in Steele County.

Saturday afternoon, Tim Nelson ran the route one last time . Nelson, Owatonna Firefighter and parade chair for the 134th Annual Minnesota State Fire Department Conference was making sure all was clear for the conference parade to begin.

Charges against an Owatonna man of harming a toddler have been dropped. On June 3, a Steele County District Court judge dismissed the charges of felony assault in the third degree, third-degree assault of a child under four and three counts of felony malicious punishment of a child against Alan Moriarity due to a lack of probable cause.

An Owatonna man has been charged with having sexual conduct with a young boy in his home.

Syphilis is not much of a problem in Steele County, but there are two other sexually transmitted diseases that are.

If U.S. Highway 14 eventually expands to four lanes east to Dodge Center, a new interchange would be built at County Road 43 and a dangerous railroad intersection could be closed if CR 43 is realigned.

The Bauer home in Owatonna has more medical equipment than some small clinics. Beth Bauer's boys, Alex, 14, and Levi, 13, have myotubluar myopathy.

Saturdaya TMs much-needed rain washed out the planned season opener for the citya TMs municipal pool.

From pulling tires out of the river to painting the porches at the Village of Yesteryear, seniors were hard at work on Thursday making their senior service project a reality.