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Closing of Hayfield’s only grocery store is currently on hold pending a potential sale.
Jim Baldus, owner of Ryan’s Foods, said last Friday there was a potential buyer of the store. He said earlier this week he hoped to have additional information by the end of the week.
Baldus announced earlier...
Next year’s Minnesota Legislative session will be a “fix-it” session, Sen. Carla Nelson (R-24), told members of the Kasson Chamber of Commerce last week.
The 2023 session, she said, was indeed historic, although not always in positive ways.
From a local standpoint, she said she found securing...
Mantorville’s Fall Festival is just a week away.
The annual event is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 28, featuring a full day of fun events.
Before the actual event, children and adults are invited to enter the Fall Festival Coloring Contest.
There are categories for ages 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, and adults....
Many years ago, two IBM colleagues sat during lunch break and discussed what? Play writing.
The two colleagues were Michael Migliacio and Jeremy Kittleston, who then wrote what is being performed now at the Mantorville Theatre Company. That murder mystery musical is “Not Another Zombie Apocalypse...
Hayfield’s only grocery store will be closing within the next few weeks.
Store owner Jim Baldus officially announced the closing last Friday. The closing, he said, is due to the condition of the building, specifically the roof which needs to be completely replaced for a retail business such as a...
It’s time to rally for the woman who would never ask for anything, her friends say.
Dawn Frieberg of Hayfield has been a Dodge County Sheriff’s Office 911 dispatcher for 18 years and is currently fighting back against breast cancer. She’s working limited hours for months, said friend Nicole...
It’s with great excitement that we make this edition of the Dodge County Independent available to every household in the county. It’s time to become acquainted with this countywide newspaper.
As a helpful tool, we’d like to share some information with you to help you navigate the DCI and use it to...
Dodge County Public Health will be holding community clinics for the flu vaccine throughout October. Clinics will have the following vaccines available:
• Fluzone Quadrivalent - $40
• Flublok Quadrivalent - $80
• Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent - $80
Flu vaccines will be administered to anyone ages...
Area residents got a chance to learn about the latest plans to reconstruct Highway 57 in Mantorville at a public meeting last week. The work is scheduled for next summer. The presentation was given the engineering firm whks, which is overseeing the project.
The project is designed to improve...
Kasson has been selected as one of six southern Minnesota communities to participate in the Rural Entrepreneurial Ventures (REV) program of the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF).
The program focuses on entrepreneurial supports and economic growth for towns under 10,000 population in...