steele county historical society

The marvelous Bold and Cold Winter Festival is right around the corner, and in honor of the event, one Owatonna group is turning into a take-out restaurant for the night.

The Steele County Historical Society (SCHS) is hosting an "Onward and Upward" luncheon to commemorate women's achievements in the public sector on Thursday, September 9th.

The Steele County Historical Society has announced the dates and location for their Annual Meeting.

The Holiday House Tour will look a little different this year as it is being morphed into a Holiday Lights Cruise.

There's so many things to do, especially this weekend to get ready and into the Christmas spirit. And, with the weather looking to be very mild over the weekend, this is the time to get out

Steele County Historical Society goes all out to decorate the Steele County History Center and the Village of Yesteryear for the holidays.

With all 19 structures open at the village and two exhibits to explore at the history center, the Steele County Historical Society invites fairgoers to the east side of the fairgrounds.

In the 1920s an Owatonna businessman’s invention enhanced his family’s business and rerouted automobile history in the region. Sylvie Zamboni, son of Carlo Zamboni, and owner of the Zamboni Garage created what became known as the Zamboni boot...

Steve Groening recounts the KOBK news from July-August 1917. Hot topics include World War I draft registration and Owatonna’s Company I preparing for mobilization. Automobiles also were growing in popularity. Steele County had 1,335 cars as of May 1, 1917, and increase from 980 the previous year...

Sunday afternoon was a picture perfect day, sunny, and warm like you would expect for July. That afternoon my daughter and I went to the Steele County Historical Society's 31st annual Extravaganza. What a great turnout there was. There were so many different things to look at, and the Village of Yesteryear was open to wander through...