One-hundred-fifty tractors will be leading the big parade from Pine Island to West Concord on Sunday, Aug. 21.
This will be the 11th annual “Tractor Drive” sponsored by the Pine Island Lions, said Dean Weis, one of the drive organizers.
The drive always starts in Pine Island, he said, but tries to take a different route each year. The group has never made the trek to West Concord, he said.

They were “Horsin’ Around” at the Dodge County Fairgrounds Sunday afternoon as the Dodge County Saddle Club put on a free event.
Area residents were invited to come to the fairgrounds and learn about horses. There were pony rides for the kids, Bruce Ebnet was giving wagon rides to everyone who was willing to climb on and there were hot dogs, chips and pop.

It was one of the hottest and most humid days of the summer when the group of nearly 40 bicyclists pedaled into West Concord.

Organizers of Claremont’s annual Hogfest celebration say some changes made for this year will make the annual event more family friendly and fun than ever.
The event kicks off Saturday morning at 8 a.m. with a 5K Fun Run/Walk and coed volleyball, human foosball and coed softball tournaments at 8 a.m. and continuing throughout the day and evening concluding with a 9 p.m. movie in the park.

Claremont is gearing up for its annual Hogfest celebration with this year’s event scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 6.
There have been a couple of changes made to the event this year, organizers said, as the event has been scaled back to one day. The event is aimed at being family friendly and all events will be in one centralized location near Memorial Park and the Fire Hall.

At their meeting July 25, the Mantorville City Council members unanimously approved a resolution supporting a special session of the state legislature to consider the 2016 Bonding Bill.
Mantorville and Kasson are partnering to process their wastewater and the cost of putting in the necessary pipeline and infrastructure is hefty.