Sports

K-M defeats Pine Island, PEM

The Kasson-Mantorville wrestling team defeated Pine Island 45-15 last week in a triangular meet. In the matchup Oliver Powell won the 107 pounds weight class on a decision, Zeke Ranvek won the 114 pounds weight class on a decision, Rex Ayshford won the 127 pounds weight class, Aiden Friedrich won...

Triton falls to Cannon Falls, Stewartville

The Triton wrestling team was defeated by Cannon Falls, and Stewartville last week. In its matchup against Cannon Falls Triton fell 42-28. 127: Jaxon Jensen won the 127 pounds weight class, Hunter Garness own the 152 pounds weight class on a fall, Christopher Kasper won the 172 pounds weight class...

Byron wrestling defeats Lake City

The Byron wrestling team defeated Lake City in a dual meet last week 37-33. In the 127 pounds weight class Gavin Connelly won on a technical fall, Gavin Zabel won the 139 weight class on a pin, Gavin Edwards won the 152 pounds weight class on a pin, Landen Vicker won the 160 pounds weight class on...

100 Wins

Kasson-Mantorville wrestlers Aiden and Owen Friedrich, along with Jonah Coleman were recently recognized for winning 100 matches.

Wildcats look to defend Section title

The Dodge County girls hockey team is looking to defend its section championship, as the team heads into the Section 1A tournament as the top seed. But Head Coach Jeremy Gunderson knows the top goal is to win it all. “It’s a honor and great reward for the hard work the girls put in all season,”...

Hayfield falls to Kenyon-Wanamingo

The Hayfield boys basketball team fell to Kenyon-Wanamingo 63-53 last week. For Hayfield Charlie Walker had 18 points, six rebounds, four assists, and two steals. Layne Nelson had finished the game with 12 points, eight rebounds, three assists and a steal. Rylan Nelson finished the game with 11...

Hayfield/ Schaeffer Academy defeats Wanamingo

After going on a 28-8 run, the Hayfield/Schaeffer Academy girls basketball team defeated Wanamingo 73-37 last week. “After a tough loss on Monday where we didn’t play very well, the girls worked extremely hard for three straight days of practice and it showed tonight as they executed very well on...

K-M, Byron take top honors at HVL One-Act Festival

The Hiawatha Valley League Conference One-Act Festival awarded top honors to Kasson-Mantorville High School, Byron High School, and Lincoln High School--Lake City, naming them Starred Productions and All-Conference Champions at the 31st annual event on Saturday January 18, 2025. Hanna Herfindahl-...

Workshop reviews groundwater report for Dodge County

Dodge County’s groundwater was the subject of a public workshop last week hosted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The DNR is preparing county groundwater atlases for each of Minnesota’s 87 counties. The entire project includes a Geologic Atlas prepared by the University of...

Study shows cost-effectiveness of AI-enhanced heart failure screening

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Earlier research showed that primary care clinicians using AI-ECG tools identified more unknown cases of a weak heart pump, also called low ejection fraction, than without AI. New study findings published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health suggest that this type of...