Byron and Kasson have decided to give bars and restaurants a break, by either waiving or rebating their 2021 on-sale liquor license fees. In other surrounding communities, the topic is on the minds of city leaders and they may follow suit.

A deadly fire in Mantorville last week killed one person, sent five others to the hospital and reignited over the weekend completely destroying the Chestnut Apartments.

Dodge County Sheriff Scott Rose has released the name of the individual who died in a fire this morning at the Chestnut Apartments in Mantorville.
“As of 4:50 p.m. today we have one confirmed fatality from the apartment building fire this morning. Our victim, 68-year-old Cynthia Ferguson, lived in apartment #11. Cause of death is unknown at this time.

An early morning fire at an apartment building in Mantorville has resulted in one known fatality and at least 5 people transported to Saint Marys in Rochester, according to Sheriff Scott Rose.

After decades of round steering wheels there’s a car company designing the future cars it manufactures sporting rectangular steering ‘wheels’ on its Model S and X.
If you guessed Tesla, you are correct.
We have a few Teslas around town, but the sci-fi looking Tesla cockpits will impress even the skeptics who view electric cars and trucks as futuristic.

Russell “Russ” Schandorff, 70, of  Stewartville, died on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, of natural causes at Mayo Clinic Rochester – Ssint Mary’s Campus.
He was born on Feb. 14, 1950 in Wasioja  to Claude and Olga (Rubin) Schandorff. He grew up 1 of 9 children in rural Rock Dell Township and attended Hayfield High Sschool. graduating in 1968.

Dorothy V. Fitzgerald, 82, of West Concord, died Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 at Benedictine Living Community in Owatonna surrounded by her family.
She was born Aug. 13, 1938 in Vale, Oregon the daughter of Merrill and Lydia (Morris) Pettis. Dorothy lived throughout the United States with her family until settling in West Concord. She graduated from West Concord High School in 1957.