Eating out for breakfast has never been as such a flippin good time as last Saturday’s Breakfast on the Farm event in Steele County.

Shirley A. Burton of Albert Lea, formerly of Blooming Prairie and New Richland, died on Monday, June 15, 2015, at Good Samaritan Society in Albert Lea. She was 62.
She was born on Jan. 15, 1953, in Albert Lea, the daughter of Ralph and Margella (Bakken) Besser. Shirley was baptized and confirmed at the First Congregation Church in New Richland, where she was still a member. 

Adela Ochoa-Dominguez, 87 of Blooming Prairie, died peacefully on Wednesday afternoon, June 17, 2015 at her daughter’s home in Bricelyn, Minn.  
She was surrounded by her loving family. 
Adela was born Oct. 20, 1927 in Goliad, Texas to Facundo and Florentina (Garcia) Ochoa. She grew up near San Antonio before her marriage to Juan Dominguez, Sr. at St. Mary Catholic Church in Geneva.  

There were plenty of reasons why the 2015 Medford baseball team should not have won 13 games. 
For one thing, the school had only won 16 games in the past three seasons combined. For another, the varsity had only nine players, the bare requirement for a team, and one shy of having a single substitute. Having only two seniors could also have been a problem.

One hundred and ten women gathered to enjoy appetizers, cocktails, desserts, and purses to support a good cause at the second annual Power of the Purse event held last Tuesday, June 16 at the Owaotnna Country Club. 

Anna Segner, Intern Writer
bpanna@frontier.com
Employed since May, 2015

Miranda Wadewitz, Graphic Designer
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In today’s issue, the staff at the Steele County Times is providing our readers something different than most weeks in our newspaper. 
Granted, we have had special sections, tabs, etc., but we have never combined two topics into one section before. And that is what our readers will get in the first four pages of the ‘D’ section.
The city of Medford is having two very special events wrapped up into one this weekend. 

… And the winner is: US Bank and the new Vikings stadium.
Well, that really depends on one’s perspective. 
Perhaps this should read: And the losers are small town newspapers and the rural communities served by US Bank.