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For the Kasson-Mantorville Homecoming pep fest in October 1997, the students were considering having an air band for the program, but Nathan Davidson and fellow K-M instructor Phil Johnson got a couple more teachers together to play three songs. When K-M instructor, Denny Yell, introduced the...
Byron baseball boys up-end Faribault
Byron’s Bears defeated Faribault, 14-0, on Saturday, April 29. It was a six-run second inning that started the action. The rally was led by errors, a single by Quinten Holmes, and a double by Nick Netzke. Aidan Gross got the win for the Bears, surrendering no...
It stopped raining and sleeting, and the Byron girls golf team decided it was time to start swinging. Thus, on Tuesday, April 25, the Lady Bears joined the competition at the Jordan Invitational. They had so much fun there, they decided to head to Mount Frontenac on Thursday, and keep their...
Lady Bears overwhelm Tigers
Byron fast-pitch team was tough as ever on Friday, April 28, when they defeated Lake City, 19-2. Lake City: Kylie Mann, 1 for 1, RBI. Pitchers: Ella Rumley 1 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 K; Allison Dykes 2 IP, 9 H, 14 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K. Byron: Macy Borowski, 2 for 2, 2B...
Bears, KoMets track and field at Ramthun Invite
The Byron and Kasson-Mantorville track and field teams competed at the Chuck Ramthun Invitational, in Byron, on Thursday, April 27.
Women’s Team Finals: Byron 177.25, Faribault 131, Pine Island 112.5, Kasson-Mantorville 93.75, Stewartville 83, Lourdes...
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The following misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors were heard in Dodge County District Court the week of April 23 — 30:
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Child Care Provider of the Year
Rochelle Kasper was recently chosen as Dodge County Licensed Child Care Provider of the Year and was honored at the Minnesota Child Care Association Conference in Rochester on May 5. She felt honored to receive this...
A multi-vehicle crash in Byron sent three people to the hospital last Friday, one with what were described as life-threatening injuries.
The accident, which involved a semi-truck and three other vehicles, occurred on Highway 14 between 10th Avenue NE and County Road 34, one-mile east of Byron. It...
A Dodge Center couple, and their chihuahua, will be trekking across northern Minnesota this summer to raise awareness and funds for Parkinson’s research.
Andy and Erin Brose have planned a “Hike for Hope” across more than 800 miles of the Minnesota portion of the North Country National Scenic Trail...
Paula (Preston) Ricke grew up on a farm near Swea City, Iowa, about 26 miles southeast of Fairmont, with two older brothers. They raised cattle, chickens, corn, and beans, and her mother worked at the local bank. When she was in high school, her father started in the trucking business.
She was in...