Friday, March 29, 2024

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Truman Sogge was the ninth of 10 siblings born in 1931 near Regal, Minn., in the Paynesville and Spicer area. Truman said he can remember at age three, his family pulling a wagon with all their possessions, behind their car to the next place they moved. He said his father built the first elevator...
Many small towns are dependent on volunteers and citizen generosity to build a better future for their communities. Evidence of that is plentiful in West Concord, where a nearly $500,000 project approaches competition. A flagpole and flag donated by Scott Hodgman’s family flutters above the new...
Utah's horseshoe formation.
“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.”  Edward Abbey Every traveler I met in Utah was there for the same reason -- to explore nature in Utah’s national parks, of which there are five. I had been to four of them 11 years...
Ryan Christensen is seen with his daughter, Nora, and wife Angela. Christensen is the Kasson City Council’s newest member.
Kasson native Ryan Christensen is joining the Kasson City Council, having been designated for appointment on May 26. He was scheduled to be sworn in Wedesday night. Christensen graduated from Kasson-Mantorville High School in 2001. For eight years he and his wife Angela lived nearby in Mantorville...
A golfer takes aim at the ball at the Dodge Country Club in Dodge Center.
While it was bad in almost every way, the pandemic has been good for the game of golf. Area golf course managers report increases in play and a robust season for 2021. “COVID has made golf explode,” said Brenna Collins, general manager at Zumbro Valley Golf Course in Mantorville. “It’s something...
Anyone interested in fishing, hunting and care for the outdoors can learn about activities like shore fishing, firearms safety, muskie fishing, archery or how to catch catfish during webinars hosted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “We’re excited about reaching people interested in...
The Yampa River flows 250 miles through northwestern Colorado.
If there is one state I feel God spent more time fashioning together it’s my birthplace, Colorado.  I lived there for three years in the mountains about 70 miles west of Denver. During that time and a few subsequent summers later, I have been able to do some roaming around and will write about some...
Gene and Sharon Gulbransen in their service station in Oslo, Minn.
Gene Gulbransen grew up a half-mile south of Oslo with a brother and sister and went to country school for six years and then on to Hayfield school where he played football. Sharon lived on a farm about three miles northwest of Oslo with four siblings and was one grade behind Gene at Hayfield. Gene...
Summer’s road construction season is well under way in Minnesota with much of the local activity centered around the expansion of Hwy 14 from a two-lane to a four-lane roadway from east of Owatonna to Dodge Center. The work has resulted in several changes that affect motorists. The latest change is...
Coltan Stein-Tronnier and Marianne Aras recently bought a home in Kasson after a six-month search.
When first-time homebuyers Coltan Stein-Tronnier and Marianne Aras set off on their search for their house, they quickly realized that the $200,000 housing cost cap they had decided on wouldn’t work. So they upped their budget to $250,000. “It was pretty stressful,” Aras said. “Originally we were...

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