Blooming Prairie News

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.

Non-profit organizations will feel the pinch of budget constraints as 2010 grants from Steele County have been cut by nearly $100,000. Steele County Commissioners approved the 2010 grant recommendations of the Child and Community Services Act Advisory Committee at its Tuesday meeting.

On Nov. 3, five school districts in southeastern Minnesota are passing the hat to taxpayers.

BLOOMING PRAIRIE -- Harriet Berdella Miner, 91, of Blooming Prairie, died Monday evening, Oct.

Stewart W. Peterson, age 86 of Waseca died on Monday, October 19, 2009 at his residence in Waseca.

Lutefisk, apple skivers, and lefse often flourish throughout Steele County this time of year.

Days are becoming shorter, leaves have started turning colors and dropping to the ground and gardens have pretty much ended their growing cycle for 2009.