The Medford Tigers have played six games so far this season. They have won all of them. 
Last year, the Tigers won three of their first six. The season before, they won two. Three years ago, they had a single at this point. 

Eight couples from around Steele County will show off their newly found dancing skills with hopes of impressing both the judges and the audience at the fifth annual Dancing With Our Steele County Stars event this Saturday, April 25, at 7 p.m. in the Medford High School Auditorium. 

Now that spring planting is here, many farmers and producers will be moving big equipment from fields to fields and down roads across southern Minnesota. With spring planting underway, it is also important to keep safety as a priority.

I have a confession. 
I recently was locked up behind prison bars in a facility that once was deemed the bloodiest 47 acres in America. In fact, it was a family affair as three other members of my family joined me in prison. 
It was short lived, however. After three hours of confinement, my family was allowed to leave on good behavior. 
I got a taste of a lifestyle that I would never want to ever experience. 

It’s hard to imagine that May 1 will be here in the next two weeks. That means the first four months of 2015 will be history. Where has it gone?

The bright orange cones along Interstate 35 in Owatonna signify one thing: the start of the summer road construction season in Minnesota and around the country.
And it is going to be a busy road construction season in Steele County. Medford will be completing its work, while Blooming Prairie will be starting a massive main street project after its annual Fourth of July celebration.

Changes in demand from countries such as China are causing milk prices to dip in Minnesota and across the United States.
“In southern Minnesota, as well as the rest of Minnesota and the upper Midwest, producers are facing lower prices,” said University of Minnesota Extension Educator Betty Berning. “The cost of inputs for producers has not decreased, so this makes margins (profits) smaller.”

Morgan O’Brien, daughter of Patrick and Emma O’Brien of Kasson, was crowned the 2015 Dodge County dairy princess last Friday night at the annual Dairy Princess banquet at the Milton Township Hall.
She was crowned by the 2014 dairy princesses, Taylor Reber and McCayla Thoe.

Entering the baseball season in his first year at New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva, Coach Drew Paukert is excited with the talent on his team, singling out three individuals as players to watch this season - Dakota Thiele, Matt Jensen and Trevor Tracy.