The Minnesota Telecom Alliance announced that it received 140 scholarship applications from across the state and two winning students are from Kasson. Jora Nicole Gergen was selected to receive a $2,000 scholarship, and Garsen Schorr was selected to receive the first $2,000 Information Technology scholarship for the 2019- 2020 academic year from the Minnesota Telecom Alliance Foundation, according to Mary Ehmke, president of KMTelecom.

Graduation rates are soaring across the region as area schools shot above the state average.

Dodge Center along with sixty-three schools in Minnesota, will benefit from $2.3 million in planning assistance and infrastructure grants that support the Safe Routes to School program, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced this week.

Schools across the state and country are always trying come with innovative ways to help their students learn better, and to be prepared for the future.
That’s exactly the case for the Kasson-Mantorville School District.
At Kasson-Mantorville Elementary School next year, there  will be changes made which will help students be prepared for middle school and high school.

It was without a doubt a historic year in Minnesota between the snow, high winds and as recently as last week, a thunderstorm during a winter storm.
One of the entities that had the biggest impact from the historic weather is schools across the state.
That’s what prompted lawmakers to come up with a bipartisan bill to help school districts who have racked up many snow and cold days this year.

Triton Elementary School recognized its March “Heroes” last week along with announcing the winners of the monthly “Golden” awards.
Receiving Hero awards for their exemplary behavior during the month were: