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Hubbell House re-opening May 10

For the many area residents who have been eagerly waiting for the re-opening of the Hubbell House in Mantorville, the wait is almost over. The popular restaurant will re-open to the public on May 10, said Joe Powers Jr. of Powers Ventures. Powers Ventures of Rochester took over the ownership of the...

May 21 fundraiser honors Kasson Marine

A Kasson-Mantorville graduate is being honored with a May 21 Kasson American Legion fundraiser, which will include a 5K, bean bag tournament, kids’ activities, food, silent auction and live music, according to organizers. Blaine Halvorson was 27 when he was killed in California in September 2021....

County redistricting is focus of public hearing

A public hearing was held Tuesday, April 26, to consider the redistricting of Dodge County Commissioner Districts based on the population of the county, which is at 20,867. “As a county, we are required to redistrict per Minnesota Statute and must rely on the federal census and its tracking data to...

Kasson-Mantorville’s softball team and their parents recently celebrated Parents’ Night at the game against the Goodhue Wildcats.

Area softball teams have busy week

BYRON GIRLS SWAMP STEWIE On the heels of a 12-0 win over Lake City, last week, the Lady Bears whipped-up another dozen on Monday, April 25, defeating Stewartville, 12-1, in five innings. (Byron: 3, 3, 3, 3, x — 12, 16, 1). Byron Highlights: Byron: Macy Borowski, 1 for 3, HR, 3 RBI, run scored; Emma...

Brooks Buchanan leads off second as Tyler Fox moves in behind him.

Byron sweeps double header, defeats K-M

BEARS BASEBALL BOYS SNATCH DOUBLE-DIP Byron’s baseball team was at the top of their game last Saturday, April 23, when they swept a double-header from Cannon Falls, 4-2 and 12-2. Game one was a tough battle and it took eight innings for the Bears to grab the win. Game two saw Byron post eight runs...

Former army nurse now happily living in Kasson

Shirley Harper was born in the Panama Canal Zone but returned to Indiana where her parents were from. Since her father was a career Army guy they moved to Virginia at Fort Lee when she was four years old, where they lived in a little white house. Her father worked at the armory so she and her older...

Work on Hwy 57 set to begin May 9

A two-year project involving the reconstruction of Highway 57 in Kasson is scheduled to begin on May 9, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The first stage of the project includes reconstruction work from south of Veterans Memorial Highway/ Dodge County Road 34 to south of 1st...

Local staff turnover rates trend lower than statewide data

Nationally, staff turnover rates are a problem, but not locally. Nearly 55 percent of human resources leaders say turnover is higher than it was before the pandemic, and they don’t expect that will change any time soon. However, local employers in Dodge County and Byron aren’t experiencing the same...

Firefighters from Kasson and Mantorville were on the scene last Thursday at an apartment above the Johnson General Store in downtown Kasson.

Kasson fire displaces two residents, no injuries

A Thursday fire at 211 W. Main St. in Kasson displaced two apartment dwellers, but there were no injuries, according to authorities and those affected. Roberto Reynolds, who lives on the second floor of the two-story, two-unit apartment building, was cooking and left a pan of grease on the stove....

K-M’s Spencer Anderson has no-hit-shutout against Lake City

Kasson-Mantorville’s baseball team had a double-header date with Lake City last Wednesday, April 13. Game one went to the Tigers, 5-4, and the second game belonged to the KoMets, as they blew away LC, 10-0 in a five-inning rout, behind the no-hit, shutout efforts of K-M sophomore Spencer Anderson,...