Friday, March 29, 2024

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Camden Holecek (22) battles for a rebound.
Boys basketball teams from local high schools headed into the holiday break with wins. BYRON BOYS WIN THRILLER ON ROAD Byron’s Bears basketball bunch pulled-off an exciting victory last Thursday, December 23, when they rolled into Stewartville and slipped- away with a 60-59 win. Byron moves to 7-1...
It was a mixed week for Wildcat hockey against New Prague as the boys team lost while the girls team defeated the Trojans BOYS LOSE 6-3 Dodge County’s boys hockey team was defeated by the New Prague Trojans, 6-3, last Tuesday, December 21, at the Dodge County Ice Arena. New Prague 4-0-2–6; Dodge...
Among the other volunteer projects she is involved in, Tanya Young is the bell ringing coordinator for the Salvation Army in Dodge County.
Tanya Young grew up in Wichita, Kans., with a brother and a sister. She participated in softball and tennis during her school days. She was a member of the Girl Scouts program and the group met at their church at the time. Her parents had a foster boy that stayed at their home when during his...
Even though the city of Kasson budget has increased for 2022, homeowners who have seen no increase in their property valuation may actually see their taxes drop. Earlier this month the City Council approved a 2022 budget of $3.8 million, an increase over the 2021 budget of $3.58 million. While the...
Wyatt Coy was an avid snowmobiler, Boy Scout and had a charismatic personality. His family has been missing him since he took his life on January 19, 2017. Wyatt’s dad, Matt Coy, said the 18-year-old Kasson-Mantorville High School senior “was a great kid. He was very caring, charismatic and he had...
Halle Determan, #33, leads the Wildcat girls hockey team.
Dodge County’s girls hockey team was busy last week, and they went 2-1 in their ventures. On Saturday, December 11, Moose Lake Area defeated the Wildcats, 3-1, at Dodge County Ice Arena. Coming off of that little misfortune, DC bested Minneapolis, 4-2, on Tuesday, December 14, at DC Ice Arena....
Gavin Giesler puts the puck in the back of the net as the Wildcats route Minnesota River 13-1.
Dodge County boys hockey team dominated Minnesota River on Friday, December 17, at Dodge County Ice Arena. Wildcats’ defenseman Easton Hammill scored five goals and added 2 assists, for an amazing seven-point game, in the 13-1 DC rout. Shots on goal favored DC, 37-12. Dodge County Individual...
Kasson and Mantorville residents lined the highway to cheer the KM football team as they made their way to the Minnesota State High School League football finals.
Joel Swanson grew up in Pipestone, Minn. with three brothers. He said he played all the sports and perhaps liked basketball the most until he was older. He played both offense and defense on the football team. He remembers their coach had the team do a fundraiser to purchase free weights. This was...
The family of Tyler Maas-Schlie is donating what’s left of his crashed vehicle to Dodge County’s Toward Zero Deaths coalition as a way to educate the public about the dangers of distracted driving. Maas-Schlie continues to fight for his life at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester.
While Tyler MaasSchlie continues to battle for his life, the teen’s family is taking proactive measures to make sure this tragedy doesn’t happen to another family. Lillian Katzung, who is Maas-Schlie’s mother, said the family has donated the mangled wreckage of what once was a vehicle to the Dodge...
For Ashlyn Bigelow, coming home for winter break from the United States Military Academy at West Point is full of eating at favorite restaurants and seeing family. Bigelow, 18, is a freshman at West Point and started basic training on June 28. A Kasson native who graduated from Kasson-Mantorville...

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