I'm the digital managing editor for KDHL-AM and Power 96 in Faribault and KRFO-AM and Kat Kountry 105 in Owatonna.
Tamara Gruhot
Find the Employees You’re Looking For – Join Our Digital Job Fair
Are you looking for employees but don't have time to sit at a booth all day? Join our digital job fair!
We want to make it easier for southeastern Minnesota companies and potential job seekers to connect via our website, smoothing the job search process...
Faribault Man Wins Gopher 5 Lottery Drawing
Earlier this month, Daniel Moravec of Faribault hit the jackpot. The Gopher 5 jackpot.
Moravec matched the second line of his two-line quick-pick ticket for the May 3 Gopher 5 drawing, winning $130,000. When he claimed his prize at the Roseville office on May 5, he told the Minnesota Lottery, "I’m still in shock; it’s just starting to seem real...
Southern Minnesota Boasts 2 Teacher of the Year Finalists
Congratulations Southern Minnesota. Your students are well-educated!
Education Minnesota has released the names of the 11 finalists for 2017 Minnesota teacher of the year, and two of them are from Southern Minnesota: Sarah Swan McDonald, a Northfield High School social studies teacher and Scott Noet, and Owatonna Junior High social studies teacher...
A Look Back: KOBK News for January-February 1917, Steele County
Steve Groening presents the KOBK news for January-February 1917. On topic are the celebrations surrounding the return of Steele County’s Company I from Mexico, a report on the absentee rate at rural schools, and the fate of a proposed packing plant intended for Owatonna...
Drink Wheaties Beer for Work? Why Not?
If your memory is better than some, you may recall an August post announcing a limited-edition Wheaties beer was coming to select Minnesota markets, namely the Twin Cities.
Through some dogged determination and many likely annoying phone calls, we were able to score two cans of this hefeweisen (wheat beer) created by Minneapolis' Fulton Brewery in partnership with General Mills...