County News
A public hearing at Monday night’s Dodge Center Council meeting led to the approval of a Restricted Liquor License for Nadine Langworthy to sell liquor at The Annadine in downtown Dodge Center. Langworthy had requested the On Sale/Off Sale Restricted Liquor License. The council also approved an...
Little libraries are popping up in Dodge County and everyone is invited to use them.
The small, brightly painted little houses, which can hold approximately 30 books, are the result of a collaborative effort of Dodge Center Library Director Ingvild Herfindahl, the Friends of the Dodge Center...
In the years since she graduated from Triton High School in 1999 Maria Welch has probably done more traveling and had more interesting experiences than most of her classmates.
At the end of a short visit to her mother in West Concord, she said last week she has spent much of her time in South...
After enlisting in the Peace Corps, shortly after John F. Kennedy created the program, a Kasson-Mantorville graduate found his new home.
John Fryer graduated from Kasson-Mantorville High School in 1955. He spent some time studying at Rochester Community College, then he enlisted in the Air Force....
One K-M grad is now spending his time working with a company that he hopes will someday eradicate malnutrition in children around the world.
Tony Morrow, who graduated from Kasson-Mantorville High School in 2011, was one of more than 100 people who took a trip to Mexico this August. Morrow works...
In this third week as director of the Dodge Center Ambulance Service, Jared Oscarson was settling into his new position with enthusiasm.
“I can’t say enough about the volunteers, full-time and part-time staff of this service,” he said. “I’m impressed with the professionalism, integrity and...
Rep. Tim Walz visited Al-Corn Clean Fuel in Claremont on Aug 24 to learn more about the plant’s upcoming expansion exercise and reiterate his support for clean Minnesota-produced renewable biofuels.
Walz was briefed on Al-Corn’s $146 million expansion exercise which will provide a significant boost...
Noise levels from the McNeilus recycling yard did not exceed state noise standards when they were monitored in July, Dodge Center Council members were told last week.
Residents living near the recycling yard have complained to the city in recent months that noise levels were excessive and in...
Somewhere around 170 tractors and drivers came into West Concord Sunday noon, stopping for lunch at Boe Auto Center before heading out of town and back to Pine Island.
It was all a part of the 11th annual “Tractor Drive” sponsored by the Pine Island Lions Club and by all accounts the day was a...
A public hearing covering four different ordinances drew comments from several residents at the Mantorville city council meeting Monday night. For months, council members have discussed the wording of different ordinances governing land use in the town and they were ready to make a decision about...