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Area residents had another opportunity last week to learn about planned improvements to Highway 14 from Dodge Center to Byron and also to offer into input as the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) continues to finalize plans for the project scheduled for next summer.
The open house at...
West Concord Police Chief Shannon Boerner was honored as the city’s Citizen of the Year last Friday night during the Survival Days Celebration. Dan Lulf was recognized as the recipient of the Mayor’s Key to the City and Ella Thomas was chosen as Miss West Concord for 2023. Winners of the annual...
It’s the 31st annual Dodge County Stroll, the local Relay for Life event, and it is happening Friday, August 4, at the Dodge County fairgrounds.
The American Cancer Society Relay for Life movement is the world’s largest peer-to-peer fundraising event dedicated to savings lives from cancer. Funds...
A West Concord family lost their home in a fire on Friday morning.
Shortly before 7 a.m. Friday, Christine Sletten called Dodge County 911 to report a fire in their garage “with lots of black smoke billowing out,” according to Dodge County Sheriff Scott Rose.
Sletten advised she was getting...
Summer fun moves to Claremont the first weekend in August with the city’s annual Hogfest celebration.
Activities get underway on Friday, August 4, at 5 p.m. when the food vendors OPEN and beer sales begin. Outhouse races are also scheduled for 5 p.m. followed by Garden Tractor Pulls and the...
A tradition in every Survival Days Parade is the yellow Jeep from Boe Auto Center. Below, left, Miss Minnesota Teen, Miss Minnesota, and Mrs. Minnesota all rode in the parade. Below, right, there were plenty of pies for everyone at the Trinity Lutheran Pie and Ice Cream Social. Friday night’s...
West Concord’s annual Survival Days starts tonight, Thursday, July 20, with the annual Guns vs. Hoses charity game. Police officers will be taking on firefighters and EMS personnel beginning at 7 p.m. on the softball field. All donations go to Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention efforts...
Triton Elementary School’s playground will soon have new adaptive playground equipment.
School officials recently announced the district had raised the $16,000 needed for the equipment through the efforts of Triton TEAM fundraisers and donations. Adaptive play equipment allows those with...
A body discovered near Byron City Hall on Monday was identified Tuesday as a Rochester resident reported missing after leaving work earlier this month.
The Southeast Regional Medical Examiners’ Office confirmed Tuesday afternoon that the body found near a retention pond was that of Wade Gordon, Jr...
This summer has been non-stop busy for the life of the youth in our congregation, and I am sure for your family as well! It didn’t hit me until the last few weeks just how much the after effects of being separated during COVID is still having consequences on us even now in 2023.
This summer is the...