DCI History June 16, 2022
10 years ago
June 20, 2012
Randy Carlsen, Publisher
K-M graduate and University of Minnesota junior Micah Hegerle placed seventh in the hammer throw at the NCAA Division I National Track & Field Championships at Drake University to earn All-American honors for the fourth time in his career. Micah’s outdoor season was hampered by an ankle injury shortly after competing in San Diego over spring break. After competing in only four more meets during the spring he was seeded ninth in the West Preliminary meet in Austin, Texas and finished sixth with a throw of 208’ 5”. That throw qualified him for the finals in Des Moines. He was seeded 13th going into the finals and he tossed the hammer 207’ 7” for a seventh place finish. In addition to his performance on the field, Micah also earned Academic All Big Ten honors for his performance in the classroom.
Saturday some 130 members of the Community Celebration Church in Kasson traveled to 14 different sites in Kasson, Mantorville, Byron, Claremont, Dodge Center and West Concord to do service projects. The projects included painting, power washing windows, setting up new shelves at the public library in West Concord, pulling weeds, painting a school classroom, landscaping, shingling a roof and at the Dodge County Historical Society Museum in Mantorville there were a variety of outside projects going on in spite of the periodic drizzle of rain.
20 years ago
June 19, 2002
Randy Carlsen, Publisher
Kasson Festival In The Park button sales started on Friday, June 14th. Buy your button early. There will be seven weeks of drawings with the first starting on June 26th. The following businesses are selling buttons: Erdman’s County Market, Kasson Variety Store, Kasson State Bank (Downtown & Drive-thru), Hardware Hank, Leuthold’s, City Hall, Kasson Trading Post, Daniel’s Restaurant, Eastwood Bank, Digger’s Bar & Grill, Napa Auto Parts, Kasson Liquor, Expression’s Hair Studio, and DJ’s Family Salon.
The Kasson coyotes split a pair of league games last week, defeating St. Charles 6-4 and losing in the ninth inning to Plainview 9-8. The team is now 3-5 in league play and 5-6 overall. Paul Mann pitched the first seven innings in the win over St. Charles and Broc Threinen finished up by tossing the final two. Chris Nelson had two singles and scored a pair of runs. Kasson had the lead the entire game. Against Plainview Sunday, Kasson lost a tough one in the ninth inning. Plainview scored four times in the ninth to pull out a 9-8 win. Josh Burton pitched the entire game. Pat Fitch hit a homerun, Chad Nelson had a single and triple and Tom Jeznach hit a triple and knocked in a pair of runs.
30 years ago
June 17, 1992
Randy Carlsen, Publisher
The next Dodge County United Way board meeting will be held on June 18, 1992 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at Judy Ruport’s at 403 3rd Ave. S.W., Kasson. At the meeting the board will be discussing the booth they will be having at the Dodge County Fair. The United Way will be at the fair to answer any questions you have and asking you to fill out a survey on Dodge County United Way. Make plans to stop by and visit. The United Way will be participating at the community parades throughout the county this summer. At the meeting they will be going over the allocations from the agencies and deciding on the second half of payment. The Dodge County United Way is in real need for new board members. If anyone is interested come to the meeting on June 18 or call 634-7048.
Rep. Dick Anderson, IR-Waseca, announced today that he has been appointed to the Roundtable on Higher Education Program Duplication. “I’m pleased to join this group and I plan on devoting a good deal of time during the remainder of my term to this issue,” Anderson said. “Certainly, the experience of Waseca tells us it can’t stop there. If there is duplication, let’s eliminate it throughout the state.” The legislature has called for an evaluation of program duplication among Minnesota’s 67 college campuses statewide. The study will be conducted by the Legislative Audit Commission during the coming year. Oversight will be provided by the joint House/Senate Roundtable, chaired by Rep. Ann Rest.
50 years ago
June 21, 1972
Folmer Carlsen, Publisher
The Kasson Jaycees will sponsor an open gym program this summer for the students and adults living in the Kasson-Mantorville School District. The gym will be open on Wednesday and Thursday nights from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The program will begin June 28 at the Kasson Elementary School and later move out to the high school.
The area fellowship of Pioneer Pardners will meet for a potluck picnic at the park in Wanamingo Sunday, June 25 at 6:30 p.m. Plans are to present the program for the Pioneer Week at Dakota Youth Ranch near Tokio, North Dakota scheduled this year July 24-31. All pardners are encouraged to attend this fellowship picnic.