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Dodge County officials are planning on building a new environmental classroom as part of a 32-acre public park planned adjacent to the County Transfer Station and Recycling Center. A view of the updated plans for the building was introduced to the public last Friday during a Zoom session.
The...
(Editor’s Note: Clint “Tink” Larson is a Kasson native well-known throughout southern Minnesota for his love of baseball. This is Part One of his story.)
Clint “Tink” Larson was born in Kasson and, after moving to Stewartville for two years, started school in Mantorville. The family moved to...
Just because the expansion of Highway 14 from Owatonna to Dodge Center has been completed doesn’t mean that work on the highway is completed.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is planning construction for Highway 14 between Dodge Center and Byron in 2024 and the final design for...
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Court newsDodge County
The following misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors were heard in Dodge County District Court the week of Feb. 5 — 12:
Dodge...
BAPTIST
Anchor of Hope Church203 E. Main St., Dodge CenterA Seventh Day BaptistCongregationanchorofhopesdb.com10 a.m. Saturday,Worship Service11:30 a.m. Sabbath Schooldodgecentersdb.org• 374-6755
First Baptist Church304 4th St. NW, KassonSunday, March 129:30 a.m. Sunday School10:30 a.m. Morning...
Blaisdell Ford had a dealership in the Mini Mall location on Main Street for many years. W.M McMurtry bought it and constructed a new building on the south side of the new Highway 14 four lane in 1977 called Kasson Ford. It was merged and moved to Rochester Ford and Bishop and Wachholz then...
50 years ago
March 14, 1973
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The shamrock — long a symbol of the spirit of St. Patrick’s will have real “flower power” this year. It will also symbolize a massive, nationwide effort to help those stricken by muscular dystrophy and related crippling neuromuscular diseases. “...
Student artists from Byron, Hayfield, and Kasson-Mantorville are displaying their artwork now through April 2 as part of Youth Art Month at the Mantorville Art Guild Gallery in Mantorville. The yearly celebration allows local students, from elementary through high school, to showcase their works....
HAYFIELD — Residing atop the Gopher East Conference at 22-6, the Hayfield boys basketball team dashed through the Section 1A second round on Thursday, March 2, defeating Wabasha-Kellogg, 58-39. The Vikings were scheduled to take on the Kenyon-Wanamingo Knights Tuesday night at the Mayo Civic Center...
It was quite a state meet week with the pending weather, but the Byron trio of Amber Roble, Sophia Mullenbach and Lydia Evans made it to the cities well in advance.
Amber Roble had a great last state gymnastics meet. She finished 14th in the All-Around and made the podium one last time on beam,...