Saturday, June 3, 2023

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Photo by Nan Babcock Craig Johnson and Jeff Ellsworth, representing TaikoArts Midwest, performed traditional Japanese drum routines at the West Concord Historical Society last Saturday morning. The booming drums, combined with dramatic choreography, created an engaging program for the audience, sponsored by the West Concord Public Library and funded by an Arts and Cultural Heritage Library grant in cooperation with SELCO, the regional library system. TaikoArts is a nonprofit organization based in St. Paul,
Three Mantorville arts projects have received grants from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC). Grants were awarded to the Mantorville Art Guild for the Youth Summer Art Camp 2023, the Mantorville Economic Development Authority for Larger Than Life 2023, and the Mantorville Theatre...
Kasson Church of Christ recently has done some refreshing of existing ministry and is preparing for new ministry endeavors. “Jesus said the greatest command is to love the Lord and secondly to love our neighbors as ourselves, so we have chosen to rebrand as the Love Your Neighbor Center,” church...
Photo by Karen M. Jorgensen Jenavieve Hepner, a student in Stewartville, with her project investigating “What Color Do Dogs Prefer.”
Fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students from the area were at Triton High School recently to participate in the annual Zumbro Education District (ZED) Science fair. One-hundred-ten projects were entered in the fair this year, according to Becky Remmele, special projects coordinator for the Student...
Byron’s baseball team lost, 3-2 to Stewartville on Tuesday, April 18, after a 2-2 tie through six innings of play. It was the Tigers who scored in the seventh and held on for the win. Stewartville had six hits, while Byron finished with four. Stewartville: Colton Parker, 1 for 4, RBI, run scored;...
Byron and Kasson-Mantorville’s girls golf teams participated in the Lake City Invitational on Friday, April 21. Team scores: Edina 330, Lake City 339, Albert Lea 347, Detroit Lakes 360, Rosemount 381, Byron 386, Red Wing 406, Stewartville 415, Lakeville North 435, Kasson-Mantorville 466. Top 17...
Photo by Angie Richards Kasson-Mantorville’s Andria Fitch, makes the flip for an out at first base in the KoMets game against Austin.
  KoMets vs Pine Island: Kasson-Mantorville snagged a late lead and defeated Pine Island, 15-12, on Thursday, April 20. The game was tied at 12 with KM batting in the top of the seventh, when Aubrey Grover homered on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring two runs. Grover collected four hits in...
Area teams competed at the second annual Triton Varsity Invitational track/field meet on Friday, April 14. The Triton and Hayfield teams were a couple of the participants in the competition. Boys: 100 Meter Dash: 1 Jesse Ortiz, Medford, 11.69; Hayfield: 6 Cohen Heins, 12.53; 10 Jesse Ehmke, 13.30;...
On the days just before Mother’s Day, the Dodge County Independent and Advantage are sponsoring Dodge County’s inaugural “County-Wide Garage Sale (And Byron, too)!” Realizing that a lot of households are doing spring cleaning and looking to clear up their basements and garages, we are suggesting...
Dodge County resident Darren Durst has been named the 2022 volunteer snowmobile safety instructor of the year by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Durst teaches snowmobile safety in Dodge County and southeastern Minnesota as part of the K-M Snowdrifters snowmobile club. As part of the...

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