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Kasson residents are remembering Bob Pike, an active community member who died last week at Fairview Care Center. It was just four months ago that his wife, Barb, who had also been well-known in the community died.
Bob and Barb Pike moved to Kasson more than 60 years ago and Bob started...
As the second Lenten season during the COVID pandemic comes to a close, the traditional Ecumenical Good Friday Service will be virtual.
The annual service is provided by the Kasson Ministerial Association with Pastor.
The service will premier on Facebook and YouTube at 10 a.m. Friday and be...
Absentee ballots are now available to voters in the Byron School District for the May 11 bond election, according to Supt. Dr. Joey Page.
Eligible voters can receive an absentee ballot application by applying at the Minnesota Secretary of State’s website.
Completed ballots can be dropped off or...
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...