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As summer heats up in Dodge County, Ella Aarsvold, a senior at Kasson-Mantorville High School, is deep into her fair preparations, turning long days and steady effort into a showcase of her dedication to agriculture.
Aarsvold, a dedicated member of the Kasson-Mantorville FFA Chapter and the 2025-...
For a group of area students the summer vacation began with a week of fun and learning as they attended the Zumbro Education District’s Summer Academy, held this year at Triton.
The Academy offers a one-week, half-day opportunity for gifted and talented students who have completed grades 3-6 to...
Construction is underway on three regulation tournament-play pickleball courts at Slingerland Park, located at the corner of West Street and 5th Street West in Mantorville.
Excavation and concrete work began earlier this summer. The project will pause for about a month to allow the concrete to cure...
When the Triton High School Class of 2025 processed out of the gym at graduation, it wasn’t only the students who were saying goodbye to one chapter of their life and moving on to another. Superintendent Craig Schlichting was also saying goodbye to the Triton district where he had served as a...
The Byron track and field team took home a number of medals at the Class AA State championship last week.
Madi Hamilton led the girls team coming in fifth place in the shot put, and ninth in the discus throw.
The 4x400 meter relay team came in fifth place, which consisted of Taylor Matter, Madison...
‘Larger than Life,’ the oversized art display that takes over Riverside Park in in Mantorville each summer, has grown each year since it began with eight images six years ago. This year it will reach new heights as it opens on Saturday, June 28, 28 images and one sculpture combined with an art fair...
Tim Penny was serving in the U.S. House of Representatives when he first learned about the McKnight Foundation’s plan to establish six regional nonprofits in the wake of the mid-1980s farm crisis.
Massive increases in farm debt, coupled with falling commodity prices, a 1980 grain embargo, and...
Dodge Center’s Beth Fahning Hanggi has been named Citizen of the Year by the Dodge Center Lions Club.
Each year the Lions ask club members and the community to nominate a candidate for the Lions Club Citizen of the Year. This year the nomination committee chose Hanggi, of Fahning and Associates,...
Brian Hindal and his brother grew up near Byron. He is a Byron graduate and participated in basketball and was very active with the school photography club. He used the school darkroom, developed photos, and worked with the school yearbook. Brian had long-time Byron Social Studies instructor, Ron...
For years Ben Pherson spent many hours at golf courses as a sports reporter.
Now Pherson will be spending even more time on courses taking over as general manager of Dodge Country Club on May 22. He replaces Zach Otto who will be taking over as general manager at Stewartville Golf Club.
In an X...