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Enjoy Spring Break Closer To Home This Year.   A warm tropical destination may not be in the cards this year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take a vacation at ALL!  Head just 50 miles south of the cities and find many unique attractions waiting to be unveiled.  Consider staying closer to home and (re)discoverRead more

Owatonna is open for business and looking forward to hosting your conference, meeting or event! All our venues have reimagined their capabilities and initated new guidelines in order to accommodate safe, socially distant in-person events and hybrid meetings. Safely WELCOMing GROUPS BACK We’re here to help you safely plan your next meeting!  Our venues haveRead more

It’s that time of year again, love is in the air! If you want to give your significant other the best Valentine’s Day, we have some great discounts and specials for you! Don’t worry if you’re single and plan to celebrate Galentines Day with your friends, you’ll also be able to take full advantage ofRead more

If ever there was the need for a getaway, about now sure feels like the time. Owatonna is a great place to safely escape now that Minnesota has started to relax social distancing restrictions Float on through the river Have you ever noticed when your kayaking down the river and your compass points north? Well,Read more

Owatonna In Top 20 for MainStreet Competition! Deluxe Corporation announced 20 towns in the running for Season 3 of the Small Business Revolution – Main Street Communities have a chance to win a $500,000 revitalization Main Street Original press release from Deluxe Corporation SHOREVIEW, Minn. – Nov. 13, 2017 – After thousands of nominations fromRead more

Will Owatonna Be Named The Best Town? Owatonna is officially one of five finalists for the inaugural Best Minnesota Town competition run by Minnesota Monthly. The competition started several months ago when communities all across Minnesota were invited to submit a lengthy application explaining how their town embodies the “spirit of Minnesota”. The Owatonna AreaRead more

The smell of bonfires are already lingering in the air. Football games are a Friday ritual. Pumpkin Spice has made its appearance in almost every form imaginable. The kids have all strapped the packs to their backs and marched to their classrooms. Which means, where there was once Back-To-School items in the prime spots inRead more

Public voting starts September 18! Owatonna has been selected as one of ten finalists for Minnesota Monthly’s inaugural Best Minnesota Town contest which will shine a spotlight on the town that best embodies the “spirit of Minnesota”. The winning town will be showcased in a multi-page editorial feature in the Minnesota Monthly magazine, receive aRead more

Let’s bring American Pickers to Owatonna! Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz, and their team are excited to return to Minnesota! They plan to film episodes of the hit series AMERICAN PICKERS throughout the region in October 2017! AMERICAN PICKERS is a documentary series that explores the fascinating world of antique ‘picking’ on History. The hit showRead more

Several well-known musicians have their roots in Owatonna, and two of them were recently featured in videos that highlight Owatonna. Adam Young, made famous by his hit “Firefly”, returned to Owatonna to record a video for his new song about his dad, just in time for Father’s Day. According to People, Adam recorded the video in hisRead more