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# Owatonna, Minnesota (U.S.)

## Steele County

Last modified: 2026-08-01 by rick wyatt
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image by Masao Okazaki, 8 July 2026
based on photo

- Description of the flag
- The logo
- Coat of Arms
- Previous flags

See also:

- Steele County
- County and Municipal flags of Minnesota
- Minnesota
- United States of America

## Description of the flag

Owatonna adopted a branding logo in 2023, designed by North Star Ideas, that is used on a new flag that replaces the previous flag.
Brand Standards: https://owatonna.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9293/Owatonna_Brand_Standards
North Star Ideas: https://northstarideas.com/our-work/owatonna-minnesota/
Flag in City Council Chamber: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=891238623414531&set=pb.100075852053755.-2207520000&type=3
Flag on Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/place/City+of+Owatonna/@44.0894501,-93.2379871
Masao Okazaki, 8 July 2026

## The logo

image located by Masao Okazaki, 8 July 2026

The logo as described in the Brand Standards: "The City of Owatonna’s brand is part of a Community-wide brand. The creative brand assets borrow elements of Owatonna’s past and bring them into the future. The circle graphic icon and typography reference the Louis Sullivan-designed bank building (early prairie style architecture). The simplified, streamlined shape of the circle graphic gives it a modern-day feel and symbolizes the community coming together toward a common purpose. The seed pod within the circle graphic can be seen across the community in multiple variations. The color palette reflects the tones of both Owatonna’s natural assets and its famous architecture."
Logo on Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=425337483337983&set=pb.100075852053755.-2207520000&type=3
Masao Okazaki, 8 July 2026

## Coat of Arms

image located by Paul Bassinson, 19 September 2019

Source: https://www.ci.owatonna.mn.us
Paul Bassinson, 19 September 2019
CITY OF OWATONNA COAT-OF-ARMS
BLAZON:
Arms:
Azure and gules, quartered; parted per pale, argent.
In dexter chief, three wheat stems, or.
In sinister chief, interlocking gear wheels, of the third.
In dexter base, a torch and atomic symbol also of the third.
In sinister base, a cross, drama mask and music lyre of the fourth.
In pale, an Indian maiden, proper, affronteé.
Crest: A cornucopia of the fifth.
In an escroll under the shield, "Owatonna,"
LEGEND:

Three wheat stems | Agriculture
| Interlocking gear wheels | Industry | Torch & atomic symbol | Education in the atomic age | Cross, drama mask & music lyre | Religion, drama music & fine arts

By: Bob Bowman
Information and image of the coat of arms thanks to Jeanette Clawson, Assistant City Clerk
Valentin Poposki, 23 October 2010

## Previous flags

image by Masao Okazaki, 10 January 2020

The flag of the City of Owatonna, Minnesota, is light blue with the city coat of arms on it.
The City:
"Owatonna is a city in Steele County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 22,434 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Steele County. Owatonna was first settled in 1853 around the Straight River. In 1883, Owatonna was the site of the State Fair and soon the county established its own fair in Owatonna, the Steele County Free Fair or SCFF, the largest free fair in Minnesota. All the attention on the area in the late 19th century caused the city administration (and a fly-by-night corporation from which the city administrators profited) to devise a tourism and bottled water scheme in which a story centered around a "Princess Owatonna" was concocted. According to the story, Princess Owatonna, daughter of Chief Wabena, fell ill. She was so ill she couldn't lift her head to drink the smallest pool of water. The chief had heard of the wonderful curative effects of water bubbling from the ground in what is now Owatonna, and decided that only their magical restorative properties could save his daughter. After being given the water by her father, Princess Owatonna was miraculously cured, lending her name and image to both the town and the newly minted bottled water company. A statue of the princess appears in Owatonna's Mineral Springs Park, next to Maple Creek, a tributary of the Straight River, and a fountain where visitors can see the springs and drink the water that saved Princess Owatonna." - from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owatonna,_Minnesota
Official website: ci.owatonna.mn.us
Valentin Poposki, 23 October 2010

The flag has been revised to have the seal on a white circle above a blue and red background.
Images can be seen on this website: https://littlebluewillows.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/owatonna6.jpg
And in this 2018 newspaper article:
https://www.southernminn.com/owatonna_peoples_press/
https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/southernminn.com
Masao Okazaki, 10 January 2020

image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 November 2010

The earlier version was on a plain blue field.
Masao Okazaki, 10 January 2020