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Armed with a sign and poultry memorabilia, a handful of residents sighed in disappointment as the Owatonna City Council unanimously voted to ban the keeping of roosters within city limits. At the end of the 2024-25 academic school year, the attendance boundaries for Jefferson and Lincoln Elementary will look different.
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