Medford

A good-sized crowd came out Wednesday to welcome the Traveling Vietnam Wall to Owatonna on its way to a weekend on display in Faribault. A sea of bikes and classic cars, many with American flags flying, already was in evidence on the Steele County Fairgrounds by 1PM Wednesday afternoon...

Medford's Firemen's Car and Bike Show will be on Saturday, July 23, from noon to 4PM at the Medford Funeral Home parking lot, 310 Central Ave. It is free to the public. All cars and motorcycles are welcome. Registration begins at 11AM with an entry fee of $15...

Over the weekend, Medford celebrated its annual Straight River Days festival. The Power 96 and KDHL crew was asked to take part in the festivities and we had a great time doing so!

Straight River Days in Medford is almost here! I'll be heading over to Casey's General Store on Friday before the parade to talk about the store, and all the fun things going on throughout the weekend. Stop by, say hi, and grab a treat or water before you head over to the parade. The Saturday, plan to join the Power 96 crew for the street dance and the annual Medford Muni Rooftop Toss!

Medford high school senior Matthew Swanson recently won the Creative Expression division of the Class A state speech meet. He chatted with KRFO about the performance.

State championships are hard to come by in any activity, and Medford High School landed a most improbable one last Friday. Matthew Swanson, competing in speech for just his second season, parlayed a fourth-place finish at the Subsection meet in Janesville and a third-place finish at the Section meet into a state gold medal at Lakeville North...

March has been designated as Red Cross Month by each U.S. president since 1943. The Red Cross supplies about 40 percent of the nation's blood. With about 2,600 hospitals nationwide, blood donors of all types are needed to help patients as they recover from accidents, going through organ transplants, surgery or cancer treatment...

Last night on Power 96 (95.9FM) and power96radio.com, Gordy Kosfeld was in Cannon Falls as they faced Medford in high school volleyball. Cannon Falls won 3-0. Here are some other scores from Monday night. Le Sueur-Henderson 1, Mankato East, 3 Burnsville 3, Bloomington Kennedy, 1 Tri City United 3, NRHEG, 1 Triton 3, Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton, 0 Tuesday's Match-ups: 7PM Owatonna at Rochester

Barry Adams with the Steele County Historical Society takes us to Riverside Cemetery in Medford, where Civil War solider George Sawyer is buried. Adams tells us of Sawyer’s life in Medford, and of his love, Helen “Nellie” Sanborn. New episodes featuring Rice and Steele county history are posted to the Power96 YouTube channel and power96radio...

As a part of Straight River Days, Medford held a street dance, featuring the music of Hitchville. Hitchville is becoming well known on the Nashville music scene, as well as at Minnesota events. The weather was absolutely perfect, and the crowd was one of the best I have seen in my years of participating in this event...