While the hope is to host Christmas in the Village and the soup supper as in the past and have a Holiday Lights Tour, check back to learn and with local media to see what changes may be required by the Covid-19 pandemic. Tentative dates are December 4, 5 & 6.

Jazz Jam on the Patio returns to the Steele County Historical Society on Sunday, July 19, 2:00 to 4:00 PM at the History Center outdoor patio.  The live jazz jam session features H3O, a 3-generation family of jazz musicians from the Winona area.  Local musicians and vo...

For 2020, the Steele County Historical Society will hold the 6th Annual Gus’ Station fundraising event, but with the Covid-19 restrictions in place, it will be a car cruise traversing approx. 70 miles of Steele County from Owatonna to Blooming Prairie, Ellendale and Me...

More than three decades ago ago, SCHS held its first Extravaganza to celebrate local heritage and to provide a venue to share with friends and neighbors the crafts and skills of the Steele County community. Join SCHS for its 34th Annual Extravaganza being held Sept. 20...

More than 700 soldiers who served in the American Civil War called Steele County, Minnesota “home.”

Most were young, some too young to volunteer at age 15, and a few were older, in their forties.  They held every rank, from private to general. Some were wounded in battl...