Dodge County Wildcat hockey teams moved into their final games over the past week and into this week.
Wildcat Boys Hockey
The boys team was in action at the Graham Arena in Rochester on Thursday, March 11, as they beat Rochester Century by a 4-2 score.

Dodge County Environmental Services Director Mark Gamm grew up in Park Rapids, about 3-1/2 hours from Minneapolis.

Semcac, Channel One Regional Food Bank and USDA Farmers to Families Food Box are sponsoring a Truck to Trunk Pop-up food distribution event on Friday, March 19, at the Dodge County Fairgrounds.
The event will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

The completion of the 12.5-mile stretch of Highway 14 between Owatonna and Dodge Center is not the only road project that will be affecting the area in coming years.
Delayed by a year because of the pandemic, reconstruction of Highway 57 in Kasson is scheduled to begin in 2022. The work will continue in Mantorville in 2023. Work on Hwy 14 from Byron to Rochester is also scheduled for 2022.

No one likes moving! I have moved five other newspapers to different buildings in four different states. This move from Main Street to the old Shopko building nearly killed me.
Every piece of equipment: desks, computer, printers, shelving, copiers and every gadget needed to publish a newspaper had to be moved.

Lyle “Slats” Papenfuss, age 78, passed away on March 2, 2021 at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield. 
He was born on Dec. 28, 1942 to Howard and Winnie (Greenwood) Papenfuss of LaCrescent.  Slats attended LaCrosse Central High School where he was named to the AP All-State Basketball First Team in 1960. He was also selected to go to Boys State in Minnesota.

Last Thursday night the KoMets wrapped up their regular season and also celebrated the Class of 2021with Senior Night. Seniors include Jackson Kennedy, Giovonni Ruffo, Dylan Baker and cheerleader Mazy Gilbertson.