(Editor’s Note: In last week’s Pastor’s Column, the photo and the column did not match. This is the column that should have run with the photo of Pastor Kristen Schlauderaff of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Kasson. The DCI regrets the error.)

Kasson-Mantorville’s Lions Club will be having a “White Cane Day” from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, at the HyVee store in Kasson.
The purpose of Lion White Cane Day is to raise money for the Lions Vision Foundation Sight Program as well as the Minnesota Eye Bank. Money raised is used to help those with sight problems.

There is still time to register online for the 6th annual Haunted Hustle in Mantorville.
The date for this year’s Haunted Hustle 5k and one-mile Family Fun Run is Saturday, Oct. 26.  Online registration is available through Oct. 18.
Haunted Hustle is a fun, friendly, family event sponsored by Dodge Refreshed. It gives an early morning start to activities at the Mantorville Fall Festival which continues throughout the day.

A Kasson man was transported to Saint Marys Hospital Monday night with life-threatening injuries following a crash on Highway 14 between Kasson and Byron. The accident occurred at about 8:20 p.m.

Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes in Human Resources? To catch a glimpse, you can hear some funny and ridiculous, offensive and shocking things in the novel HR: Behind Closed Doors, which is now available in audiobook.

The city of West Concord hopes to hire two EMTS within one year of initially starting its search, West Concord City Administrator Paula Even Trenda told the DCI last week.
For months, the Dodge Center Ambulance has been covering day time shifts from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday thru Friday for West Concord after losing longtime volunteers who covered the shifts.

The city of West Concord hopes to hire two EMTS within one year of initially starting its search, West Concord City Administrator Paula Even Trenda told the DCI last week.
For months, the Dodge Center Ambulance has been covering day time shifts from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday thru Friday for West Concord after losing longtime volunteers who covered the shifts.

When Amy Petersen’s now 26-year-old son Matthew came home with a flier for Byron youth wrestling, she was convinced to sign him up.
“We gave it a try and he kind of fell in love with the sport,” Petersen said.
Then, his younger brothers followed in his steps.
“Then we all fell in love with the sport and have been part of it for 20 years,” Petersen said.