Nowadays it seems like fewer and fewer farms are family operations, but one family that’s proud to be running its farm as a family operation is the Herbsts.
Brian Herbst is in partnership with his son who represents the sixth generation of farmers in their family and the third generation on their farm near Kasson, established by Brian’s father in 1958.

The Hayfield boys’ basketball team, the second seed in the section tournament, faced a tough test when they met Randolph, the third seed, in the section semifinals, but the

Vikings proved why they were seeded higher by beating the Rockets 68-60 to advance to the championship game.
Even though they ended up winning, Head Coach Chris Pack wasn’t really happy with how his team in the beginning of the

After losing 43-48 to Red Wing earlier in the year, the Kasson-Mantorville girls’ basketball team was hoping their improve- ments over the second half of the season would be enough to beat the Wing- ers, but the Wingers made improvements too and their growth was apparent as they routed K-M 57-24 on Friday, March 6.
Red Wing took it to K-M right away; they started the game on a 16-2 run.

Christine Deloris Moenning passed away peacefully at home on March 5, 2020, just days from her 93rd birthday.

Wandah Everly Nielsen, 82, of Hayfield, passed away on March 6, 2020, at Mayo Clinic Hospital St. Marys Campus in Rochester.
Wandah was born on Aug. 20, 1937, the daughter of Oscar and Fern (Pederson) Hegna in Hayfield. She graduated from Hayfield High School. Wandah was united in marriage to Allan Nielsen on Nov. 20, 1955 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hayfield.

Beverly Winchell, 86, of Cannon Falls died Mon- day, March 2, 2020, at Bay View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Red Wing.
Bev was born Jan. 12, 1934, in Cannon Falls, the only daughter of Robert and Irene Munson. She attended Cannon Falls High School.
On July 28, 1951, Bev married Roland Winchell. The couple made their home in Cannon Falls, then moved to the North Shore of Lake Byllesby in 1967.

COVID-19 or in layman’s terms the coronavirus is bashing the na- tion’s stocks and oil prices. In fact, just Monday alone stock fell precip- itously by more than 2,000, with the Dow Jones Industrial average end- ing the day at 23,851.02. Oil finished the day at 30.92 a barrel.
So what? What does all that mean?

It’s tough being a cop. If our jobs weren’t stressful enough the way it is, we often have to deal with even more anti-law enforcement rhetoric during an election. We all try and stay positive, focused, and motivated to continuing our calling, to keep you and your families safe, and to get home after every shift to our families.

Steele County Sheriff Lon Thiele and his wife, Brooke, know how lucky they are after
seeing the aftermath of their vehicle following a crash last week in Dodge County.
“We know how fortunate we were that our children weren’t in the back seat,” Sheriff
Thiele said referring to the crunched up rear end of his Ford Edge. Had their
children been in the car, Thiele acknowledges, the outcome could have been much