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Alexander Lumber was founded in 1883. Their first phone number was 61. Owatonna Chamber's 'Tuesday Talk' highlights.

Total COVID vaccine doses promised to Minnesota from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) were 541,100. Doses shipped to Minnesota providers has been 329,450.

Grant Money for Steele County Businesses Over $700,000 is being made available to businesses and non-profit organizations in Steele County through a relief package passed by the Minnesota Legislature. The Owatonna Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism (OACCT) is hosting a Zoom call on Tuesday, January 12 at 8 am to share information on the program. Steele County Administrator Scott Golberg and Keith Dahl at Ehlers, who is the grant administrator, will share details of the program and answer ques...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will not be putting the monarch butterfly on the Endangered Species list at least for now.

Owatonna Public School administration, teachers, and parents expressed excitement for the return of students to classrooms on Monday, January 11 after an extended time of distance learning over the holiday period. Each of those groups were on hand for a virtual "Coffee and Conversation" hosted by Superintendent Jeff Elstad, who said he is "more than ready for Monday." "I have not run across one staff member in Owatonna that has boisterous concerns about that. What I would tell you, is I think t...

Health care workers focus time addressing the the physical and mental stresses resulting from the pandemic. Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 9:00 am, Oct. 21, 2020 × Brittany Ness, in her first year as the school nurse in Northwood, plays a key role as she focuses much of her time on the physical and mental stresses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald Like other health care providers, school nurses are on the front lines of the pandemic...

· Williams County – 7 * Note that this includes PCR and antigen; it does not include individuals from out of state. **Individuals (PCR or antigen) who tested positive divided by the total number of people tested who have not previously tested positive (susceptible encounters). *** Number of individuals who tested positive with a PCR or antigen test and died from any cause while infected with COVID-19. Please remember that deaths are reported as they’re reported to us by the facility...

County Fair to Bring Back the Fun with a Vengeance I ran into the Mayor of the Midway for the Steele County Fair Scott Kozelka the other day. He is always able to rattle off the number of days until the next fair, but he cant quite predict the future. We all hope for the full experience of a regular fair in 2021 after the cancelation this year. The December edition of The Barker newsletter includes the headline, "Steele County Free Fair will be bringing back the fun in 2021 with a vengeance." T...

Mark Wilson, owner of Old Town Bagels, prepares to turn off the neon ‘OPEN’ sign that hangs in the front window of the downtown Owatonna restaurant two hours earlier than normal. Due to Gov. Tim Walz’s executive order, all restaurants, bars, and places of public accommodations and amusement in the state must be closed until Friday, March 27, in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, or COVID-19. (Annie Granlund/People’s Press)

More Money Coming for Owatonna Businesses Steele County is getting "a pot of money" in the tune of $700,000 according to Owatonna Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism (OACCT) President Brad Meier. The money "may provide some much needed dollars to your small business," he writes in the latest edition of the "The county can determine how to best get these dollars into the hands of impacted businesses. These grants will be open to all businesses that qualify and there will be a simple applicatio...