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City of Kiester - Information

		Library Tuesday 12:30pm - 3:30pm Thursday  5:00pm - 7:00pm
		Kiester Grocery Mon - Fri 8am to 7pm Saturday 8am to 5pm Sunday 8am to 1pm 507-294-3366
		Kiester Clinic Weekdays 8am to 5pm 120 North Main Street 507-294-3693
		Kee Theatre Adults 3.50 Children 2.50 Fri, Sat, Sun 7:30pm movie schedule
		Kee Lanes Call for lane times. Open for breakfast & lunch! Ask about Fall Leagues.
		USC School District Elementary (507) 553-5810 Middle School (507) 553-5810 High School (507) 553-5819
		Kiester Liquor
		American Legion Mon-Sat: Noon - 1:00a.m. Closed Sundays
		(507) 294-3734
		Square Yard Flooring Hwy 22 South Mon.-Fri. 9-5:30, Sat. 9-12  or by appointment
		Bus:  507-294-3739
		Toll Free:  877-680-7450
		Our Savior's Lutheran Church 605 West State Street Kiester, MN 56051
		Office: 507-294-3606
		Sunday Worship - 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
		Monty's Repair 507-294-3017

The "Kee" to our City!

We are a thriving community with many vital businesses tied to agriculture, two fine churches, a spectacular movie theatre (Kee Civic Theatre), very active main street businesses and much, much more. You will find we have some of the friendliest folks around, making Kiester a great place to raise a family!

Built in 1976 the sky-blue water tower of Kiester hovers above the town on a 100 foot pedestal and holds 200,000 gallons of water.

The surface of Faribault County ranges from nearly level to increasingly rolling. At least four of the ice sheets, known as the Nebraskan and Kansan stages and the Iowan and Mankato sub stages of the Wisconsin stage, crossed Faribault county.
There are two belts of hills in the county of moderate height and slope. These are end, or terminal moraines: piles of glaciated material left at the edge of melting ice masses. One range of hills extends from the southeast corner of Kiester Township northwestward for several miles. The other lies mostly in Iowa, but includes a part of Elmore and Pilot Grove Townships in southwestern Faribault County.
The highest points, the hills in section three of Kiester Township, known locally as the Kiester Hills, are about 1,400 feet above sea level. The average elevation of the county is about 1,130 feet.
Travelers driving north out of Kiester on Hwy. 22 can enjoy beautiful panoramic views of the rolling hillside as this highest point in the county is approached just north of town.

Both the City of Kiester and the Kiester Township land which surrounds it were named for Judge J. A. Kiester, a prominent figure in Faribault County history. Although the city's name has been a topic of conversation for both residents and friends, all Kiester residents are proud of its origin and even prouder of this progressive, beautiful community built on the rolling Kiester Hills.

Early settlers first lived in the surrounding Kiester Township countryside, with Eli and A. W. Judd filing the first land claim in the fall of 1865. Today, their claim would run from the Almberg farm southwest of Kiester into the southwest corner of the city.

When the Iowa, Minnesota and North Western Railroad began marking their trail through this area in 1899, beginning in Belle Plaine, IA, through Mason City and on to Blue Earth and Fairmont, it left behind many villages platted on its tracks, including the City of Kiester. By June of 1900, the combined population of the city and township was 896, and the city already boasted several general stores, a state bank, a hardware store, implement store, railroad depot, two blacksmith shops, a dray line, a newspaper, and a livestock dealer.

Kiester has enjoyed a progressive community status throughout its lifetime, maintaining a strong business base and enjoying unending support from its residents. Progressive city fathers worked hard to plan a complete curb and gutter system, paved streets, built a sanitary sewer system and an upgraded water system during mid-century. With that infrastructure in place, new projects became the focus.

A city-sponsored renewal project on Main Street in the 1990's brought a newly-constructed retail complex to town, including a grocery store unrivaled in a community of Kiester's size and comparable to markets found in larger cities. That progress shows its face today in Kiester Clinic-Mayo Health Systems, located in a building owned by the city, which provides a health facility connected to the Mayo Clinic.

Communality volunteerism, fostered with the city's progressivism, makes an impact. The annual Farming of Yesteryear show, the summer Kiester days celebration, the Kiester City Park holiday lights festival, the Kee Theatre, the fire and ambulance services, and the many community-service clubs are possible because of talented residents and friends who donate their time and skills.

The cooperative, progressive spirit continues to make history in the Kiester Hills. Like the rolling hills, the community has found itself looking uphill at times and enjoying a downhill coast during others. But the ride, like the hills, continue to be a source of pride and enjoyment.

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