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When Jeff Stevenson was playing Division III football at St. Olaf College in Northfield, in the late 70s, he could only dream of hearing his name at the NFL Draft. Little did the Kasson insurance agent know that his dream would eventually be realized.
Stevenson wasn’t selected to suit up for his...
Triton’s Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter had yet another record-breaking performance at the National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, Calif. on April 26-30 with eight National Finalists.
Triton BPA built upon their historic 15 members winning trips to the National Conference and...
KoMets topple friendly-foe Bears
It just wasn’t in the cards for the Byron boys on Wednesday, May 3, as they lost to a tough Kasson-Mantorville team, 12-4. That outcome drops Byron to 8-2, 3-2 in the HVL. The KoMets improve to 4-7, 3-3 in the HVL.
Byron: Reid Bielen, 1 for 3; Isaiah Brennan, 1 for...
PINE ISLAND — The Byron track and field teams competed in the Pine Island Invitational, on Thursday, May 4, at Pine Island Elementary School.
Women’s Team Finals: Byron 105, Pine Island 104, Lourdes 54, Stewartville 5. Men’s Team Finals: Pine Island 138, Byron 68, Lourdes 40, Stewartville 24.
Boys...
Byron girls golf in Lake City
On Wednesday, May 3, the Lady Bears golf team participated at the par 71 Jewel Golf Course in Lake City. Team Totals: 1. Lake City 310, 2. East Ridge 324, 3t. Lakeville South 331, 3t. Eastview 331, 5. Byron 332, 6. John Marshall 364, 7. Mayo 371, 8. Red Wing 389, 9....
Byron girlscrush Eagles
BYRON — The Lady Bears used another big day from Macy Borowski to sprint past Lourdes, on Thursday, May 4. Borowski went 3 for 4 with a pair of RBI and also picked up the win on the mound, allowing just one run on two hits with 13 strikeouts in five innings. Lindsey Schultz...
Just a week after Earth Day, local cities celebrated Arbor Day last Friday with the planting of trees as part of the Tree City USA program.
In Kasson, the tree planting took place at Meadowland Park in the northeast portion of the city. Kasson-Mantorville fourth graders were on hand and helped Ben...
Kerry Fjerstad was totally duped into thinking her brother-in-law Rich Fjerstad was set to win the Hayfield Citizen of the Year Award when she attended a February Chamber of Commerce banquet. Then she discovered she was actually the one being honored.
“I thought we were there for the award to go to...
Just over 170 fifth graders at Kasson-Mantorville Middle School filed into the school gym last Friday afternoon to celebrate their graduation from the school’s Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E) program. In addition to the students, parents and family members were also on hand for the...
Yvonne (Hemann) Braun grew up on a farm outside of Stacyville, Iowa, with 14 siblings, but her oldest brother passed away in 1951 when he was one years old. Yvonne was the twelfth child and was born on July fourth so her mother called her their little firecracker! They crop-farmed and milked cows...