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Official predicts 16 percent turnout for rare winter election in SD26

By Chris Steller | 01.26.10 | 5:15 pm

sd26 collageCounty Auditor Laura Ihrke tells MnIndy she can’t recall another winter election in Steele County over the last 30 years. But based on midday reports she guesstimated a turnout percentage of 16 — or twice the high temperature, since…

Gutknecht-Walz debate: A rare occurrence?

By Leigh Pomeroy | 08.21.06 | 11:52 am

The Gutknecht-Walz debate in Owatonna on Saturday was well covered by Bluestem Prairie, who observed it firsthand. Among newspapers, it seems only the Owatonna Peoples Press wrote it up, though it may yet come up in the