Over the past few weeks we have written several stories, editorials and columns about the Hwy. 14 expansion between Dodge Center and Owatonna finally getting underway after decades of political fighting to find the funding.

The Blooming Prairie community loves its veterans.
That can be easily understood when viewing the Blooming Prairie Veterans Memorial in its existence just to the east of the BP Servicemen's Club.
The Blooming Prairie Veterans Memorial will officially be dedicated next Monday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day. Be a part of this historic occasion to dedicate a memorial that was built by lots of kind hearts.

The shovels flew with dirt Friday as local, state and federal leaders marked the ceremonial beginning of the Hwy. 14 expansion between Dodge Center and Owatonna.
This is a long time a coming. Nearly 40 years to be exact. That’s right some people have been pushing for almost four decades to improve the dangerous two-lane stretch that has become notoriously dubbed, “Highway of Horrors.”

As journalists, we are usually the ones behind the camera asking questions and taking photos. But recently the role was reversed for our staff at the DCI.

As the editor of a local community newspaper, it’s common to field lots of questions throughout the week from various people regarding different aspects of the newspaper.

Want to know who our business leaders of tomorrow will be?
Just hang out with some 61 Blooming Prairie Elementary School second graders. They were a part of a Blooming Prairie Area Chamber of Commerce Junior Entrepreneur Program last week. See story elsewhere in this issue of The Times.