Steele County Times
Workers spent Friday cleaning up in portions of Steele County after a destructive storm roared through the region Thursday night.
The National Weather Service has determined that as many as 10 tornadoes hit parts of Southern Minnesota, including the northern edge of Steele County. Officials say an...
Sitting beneath a large umbrella and shade tree, some youngsters and adults encouraged passersby on Third Street SE to stop and have a glass of lemonade, and at the same time, remember the Harberts family.
The lemonade stand was set up by three friends who were students of first grade teacher...
Mary Cronin was honored at halftime of the Medford and Bethlehem Academy football game on Friday when she was presented with the Live United Award from the United Way of Steele County.
Cronin, a longtime Medford resident, said she was shocked when she first learned she had earned the accolade.
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A beloved grade school teacher in Blooming Prairie has died from the injuries she suffered in the car crash that initially killed her 8-year-old daughter.
Rachel Harberts, 43, of Dodge Center passed away around 5:45 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester about two days after her family...
The second family member involved in the crash outside of Claremont on Sept. 7 has passed away.
The family of Rachel Harberts posted a short time ago that Rachel died at 5:45 a.m. Saturday. Just two days earlier the family made the difficult decision to pull Rachel off of life support.
“She went...
With the sun shining and a light autumn breeze, it was a perfect Saturday to be out riding on the road. For those who took part in the seventh annual Jacob’s Run, there was no where else they’d rather be.
The yearly event, which departs from Owatonna and circles through chosen destinations before...
It may sound like a broken record and it is.
The 18th Annual Blooming Prairie Cancer Group benefit auctions, part of the Paint Blooming Prairie Pink event on Friday, Sept. 8 and Saturday, Sept. 9 brought in $45,000, reports Cheri Krejci, treasurer of the organization.
This year’s auction total...
Tragedy has marred the new school year in Blooming Prairie just days after school began as a third grader was killed in a car crash on her way to classes.
Emerson Harberts, 8, of Dodge Center died instantly in the vehicle driven by her mother Friday morning along a stretch of roadway in Dodge...
The State Patrol has identified the victim of Friday’s fatal crash near Claremont as 8-year-old Emerson Harberts of Dodge Center.
Emerson was a passenger in the vehicle driven by her mother, Rachel Marie Harberts, 43. Rachel’s 12-year-old son, Jaxon, was also in the vehicle. Both Rachel and Jaxon...
An 8-year-old girl was killed in a 2-vehicle crash by Claremont Friday morning.
The State Patrol has not released the girl’s name. However, the driver of the vehicle has been identified as Rachel Marie Harberts, 43, of Dodge Center. She is a teacher at Blooming Prairie Elementary School. The patrol...
