Owatonna People's Press
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The Owatonna People's Press is a four-day daily newspaper serving Owatonna, Minnesota and surrounding communities and is considered the paper of record for Steele County. The Owatonna Area Shopper is also published in and around Owatonna.[2][3]
 People's Press logo | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Print (4 days a week) |
| Owner | Adams Publishing Group |
| Publisher | Kevin True |
| Founded | 1874 |
| Language | American English |
| Headquarters | 135 W Pearl St Owatonna, Minnesota  United States |
| City | Owatonna |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 2,962 (as of 2024)[1] |
| ISSN | 0890-2860 |
| OCLC number | 1776134 |
| Website | owatonna |
History
The People's Press was founded on September 2, 1874 by Benjamin E. Darby as a weekly four-page paper.[4]
Darby served as newspaper editor for 65 years, from 1874 until 1939.
The first issue of the Press, which predated public lighting in Owatanna, included a lengthy recounting of a county convention that nominated candidates for various county offices.[5]
The paper was expanded to ten pages of news and advertising in 1900 when railroad lines began intersecting Owatonna.
Darby added a daily edition in 1916 named the Daily People's Press and discontinued the weekly edition in 1921.
In 1938, Darby bought and consolidated the Steele County pioneer weekly Owatonna Journal-Chronicle to the Press.
In 1969, the name of the paper was officially changed to the Owatonna People's Press.[6]
Publishers
The Owatonna People's Press is published by Adams Publishing Group Inc. based out of Coon Rapids, Minnesota and printed in Princeton, Minnesota.
Once a morning daily, the People's Press reduced its frequency to four days a week in February 2021, and transitioned to an afternoon delivery schedule and regionalized coverage.
