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Students who participated in the all school musical production attended the November Kasson-Mantorville School Board meeting to receive their KoMet Koins. Pictured is the cast of Annie.
Get ready to celebrate the season with our highly anticipated Holiday Choir and Band Concerts! These festive performances will showcase the incredible talents of our students as they bring holiday cheer to the stage. The middle school band concert will be on Friday, Dec. 6. The grade 5-12 Choir...
Students are learning, teachers are teaching, and activities are buzzing along at Kasson-Mantorville Schools like any other normal school year. However, what’s going on behind the scenes with the K-M administration seems to be anything but normal.
An investigation by the Dodge County Independent...
Now in her 26th year of teaching, Tara Bradford has been named No. 1.
The elementary librarian and STEM teacher, Bradford was recently named Teacher of the Year by her Triton Public School peers. Eight teachers were nominated for the award.
“It’s humbling for sure,” she said. “Everybody who was...
The issues facing EMS departments in rural Minnesota and the future of the current models were the topics of a roundtable discussion last week in Dodge Center.
John Fox, the assistant ambulance director in Dodge Center, was joined on the panel by Minnesota Ambulance Association (MAA) President...
The future of the Dodge Center Ambulance is still in question, after talks of a potential taxing district broke down earlier this year.
While officials say the negotiations are expected to continue in the coming months, there will be a new leader for the ambulance service which provides service for...
It’s with great excitement that we make the next two editions, Nov. 28 and Dec. 5, 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...
For 50 years a group of women from Dodge Center have gotten together once a month to play the card game 500. They started playing on Wednesday evenings as their husbands would have men’s night at the golf club. They called themselves the Robe Card Club as they would wear a bathrobe when playing....
Winter in Minnesota can be both beautiful and brutal. As a paramedic, I’ve seen firsthand how quickly things can go wrong when temperatures drop and snow starts piling up. Follow these tips to stay safe and healthy this winter season.
1. Winterize Your Vehicle and Plan Ahead
Minnesota roads can get...
The dinosaurs are visiting the Kasson Public Library this holiday season. Above, artwork made by members of the Mantorville Art Guild, and featuring dinosaurs, are on display in the library. Youngsters were invited to the library last week for some Christmas dinosaur-related crafts. Far left,...