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Kasson will move forward with restoring the Historic Wall after a group of private citizens raised substantial dollars for the project.
Janet Sinning of the Park and Recreation Commission spearheaded the fundraising, and reports that the group has raised $43,000 toward the $70,000 project. The $68,...
Lonnie Zelinske is stepping down from his Kasson City Council member post at the end of June, he announced at a council meeting earlier this month.
Zelinske said his family has bought a home in another community. He’s served on the council for four years.
Office manager at A&A Electric and...
Byron Gymnast Amber Roble is heading to state in the all-round and helped lead the Byron team to a third place finish in the section meet. To qualify for the state meet a gymnast must finish top three in the all-around or finish basically top six on an individual event.
Amber finished third in the...
Like every sport, section wrestling has a new look to it this year. The COVID-19 safety rebuild, by the MSHS and MDH, now became Sections followed by a new Super-Sections.
In a quite field house at Cannon Falls, with limited spectators, there was joy and there was pain for the KoMet wrestlers. ...
Dodge County Wildcats have been on a scoring binge in sectional action. After beating Waseca they scored 9 goals against Albert Lea on Saturday, March 20, in a 9-2 pummeling of the Tigers.
The Tigers scored first, at 2:09 of the first period. Then, the ‘Cats Brody Lamb scored two goals at 6:56 (...
Josh Welke grew up in Rochester and graduated from John Marshall High School. He said he really wasn’t involved with any activities in school but did have a 2001 Mustang which he still owns. He also said he did spend some time doing some drag racing at that time.
He then attended Winona Technical...
Father Jim Zotalis’ day job is to serve as the priest at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Kasson. But that doesn’t keep him from finding time to engage in his other passion – painting watercolors.
Teaching art was actually Zoltalis’ first career.
A Mankato native, he majored in art in college and...
Matt Weyers, a history teacher at Byron Middle School, is one of only 120 teachers selected for a National History Day spring professional development program.
The course focuses on using online Library of Congress resources to develop and support historical arguments and is a feature of National...
As a long-time public safety warrior, Scott Rose knows firsthand how losing police officers sends ripple effects through police agencies and the communities where they serve. Perhaps even more importantly, he has experienced how it leaves devastating emotional scars on the surviving families.
Rose...
Kasson-Mantorville’s KoMets entered the Section tournament as the #2 ranked team in the state for Class AA, just behind national powerhouse, Simley. The KoMets had their team season come to an abrupt halt last Wednesday night when they fell to unranked Lake City in the Section 1AA semi-finals, 40-...
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