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Catharine Bliss enjoys sleeping with her eight-month-old Aussie, Phoebe, and says she loves the warm snuggles the dog offers.
“But she will sometimes wake up and bark at deer or turkeys,” Bliss said. “She also sleeps hard and won’t move so I can’t move.”
Phoebe typically divides her time between...
Area high school athletes are hitting the court and mats to shoot hoops and wrestle, as winter sports get off to a late start because of Covid-19.
According to the governor’s orders, winter sports were delayed until Jan. 4, with teams starting practicing that day and first games being held in...
Like scores of others, Shanna McCann has set some goals for 2021 as the owner of goat milk soap business Simple Soaps for Simple Folks in Byron.
“My goals for 2021 are to be more mindful of the things that cause me stress, and to address the root causes of the stress,” McCann said.
Lots of people...
(Editor’s Note: Karen Hendrickson is a Kasson native and graduate of Kasson-Mantorville High School. She teaches ESL in the Rochester Public School System. She previously wrote a series of stories on her trip to Southeast Asia for the DCI.)
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In cases of deaths, conflicts and dealing with stresses of law enforcement, the chaplains of the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office are there to offer help and comfort.
A group of 10 specially trained pastors are on call in Dodge County to help residents deal with traumatic situations and to help law...
Kasson-Mantorville School Board members elected to take a massive pay cut for 2021, reducing their salaries to $1 per month and $1 per special meeting. In 2020, the board chairperson made $1,300 annually and the other school board members pocketed $1,000 each annually.
On Monday, Jan. 4, during its...
Smiling Moose Gifts is planning to open this April at 408 Main Street in Kasson, which is the former Hy-Vee Pharmacy location. Owners Kim and Steve White plan to offer a general gift store and a drive-through coffee shop.
The Whites are excited to offer the community a drive-through coffee option...
Troy Arnold has operated County Line Firearms in the Mantorville Court Building, along Mantorville Avenue north of the stoplight, in Kasson for the last couple of years. Troy grew up living in Hayfield and later moved south of Oslo along County Road 13 next to the Dodge - Mower County line so that...
Students from area schools were recently announced as recipients of Blue Jacket Scholarships from the Minnesota FFA Foundation providing some of the organizations newest members the familiar blue FFA jackets.
A total of 420 students from Minnesota earned the jackets including eight from Triton,...
Dodge County Salvation Army’s Bell-ringing campaign was a “Great Success.” We exceeded the 2019 totals of $20,000 with a new total of more than $34,000 as of 12/30/20 (with more donations expected to be received in the next few weeks).
We are amazed by this great response, which included...