COVID-19 may have changed the format, but the second snowmobile ride in memory of Wyatt Coy will go on.

H.M. Tollefson and his family have been anchors in the Kasson community for many decades. In 1901, Tollefson, the local druggist, started the Kasson telephone company with 39 subscribers. The switchboard was located in the rear of his drug store which is the building on Main street where the DCI newspaper is now located.

Once again the Minnesota Vikings are not in the National Football League’s National Football Conference championship game.

LaVonne “Bonnie” Glarner, 81, West Concord (Berne) passed away surrounded by her family On Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021.
Funeral arrangements are being completed by the Parker Kohl Funeral Home & Crematory of Faribault and will be announced later.

It is with great sadness we announce the death of our daughter, Cori Hegleson-Selman, 49. She passed away on Dec. 16, 2020, at St. Francis Hospital in Peoria, Ill. Her husband, Blair, was at her side.  Cori was born in Seoul, Korea, and was adopted by her parents, Paul and Pam Helgeson of Kasson. Cori grew up in Dawson, Minn., and attended school there from k-12.

After a long wait, with great uncertainty, the KoMet wrestlers stepped back onto the mat. 
The MSHSL met in October and approved starting winter sports Nov. 30. The winter schedules are to be decreased by 30%. No tournaments, no invitationals. No event larger than a triangular. At that time, the MSHSL declared that there would be no state tournaments. 

Several area residents are among those recently named to the Mayo Civic Center Region 1 Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2021.
Among those honored are athletes Jason Rhoten, Kasson-Mantorville High School; Chris Steele, Hayfield High School and athlete/coach Mike Buringa, Plainville-Elgin-Millville who formerly coached at Kasson-Mantorville.