STAFF PHOTO  BY TOM MURRAY.

Loki Peters poses for a photo with Ben Kammel who served as the Easter Bunny during the KM Community Education’s Easter Extravaganza on April 1. More than 500 people attended the annual event that has been held since 2013. For more photos turn to A5.

Kasson-Mantorville senior Leila Galloway captured a gold medal at the USA Powerlifting High School National Championships on March 27 in Killeen, Texas, overcoming missed lifts and late pressure to secure the title.

A jury has convicted a Dodge Center man of two counts of sexually assaulting a child, but acquitted him on a third.
William Patrick Wyttenback, 54, was found guilty March 27 of one count each of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and third-degree criminal sexual conduct. He was not guilty of a second count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. All are felonies.
Sentencing is set for June 3.
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Hayfield High School will have a new principal, following several years of having an interim principal.
Following Grant Klennert’s resignation in 2023, the district hired Jim Hecimovich, who came out of retirement.