Owatonna People's Press

Owatonna People's Press

People's Press logo
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Print (4 days a week)
Owner(s)	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.com
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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]}

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.

See also

• List of newspapers in Minnesota

References

1. "Minnesota Newspaper Directory 2024" (PDF). Minnesota Newspaper Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
2. "About Owatonna people's press. [volume] (Owatonna, Minn.) 1969-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
3. "Owatonna People's Press" (PDF). Minnesota Newspaper Association, Directory. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
4. Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn (1910). History of Rice and Steele counties, Minnesota. Chicago: H.C. Cooper, Jr.
5. Curtiss-Wedge, Frankly (1910). History of Rice and Steele Counties, Minnesota. Chicago: H.C. Cooper, Jr. p. 778.
6. "Daily People's Press". www.mnhs.org. Retrieved March 31, 2024.

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