The Kasson-Mantorville girls basketball team fell short in a matchup with Mankato West earlier this week, losing 81-52.
Taya Threinen notched 13 points, Josie Finley scored 11 points, and Lauren Schaefer added 12 points in the loss.

As I mentioned in my column last week, I am not impressed by the sudden shift of stores, and people in general, to playing Christmas music before Halloween is even over.
In my opinion, we do not need to be buying our Christmas presents on the same aisle as our discounted Halloween candy.
But Thanksgiving is now over, and it means one thing: It’s time to celebrate Christmas in full force.

The announcement that the Byron Public School administration failed to properly document credit card purchases to the tune of almost $60,000 is very upsetting for a couple of reasons.

This is a powerful and very critical poem about President Donald J. Trump. Given its themes of boastfulness, shifting truth, disregard for oaths/trust, ambition, and self-aggrandizement in a position of power, it highlights the arrogance and the abuse of authority.
Against the heavens doth the Trumpet sound,
Whose brazen bluster knows no check or bound.
His truth, a weathercock that spins and veers,

This newspaper has not minced words when it comes to public transparency: Government entities should be transparent in every aspect of what they do.
Government entities in some cases are responsible for millions of dollars’ worth of taxpayers money and so should be held to a high standard.

A final decision has not been made, but Dodge County Commissioners are considering making the county attorney position full-time.
The idea was discussed last week at a meeting of the Committee of the Whole, prior to the full board session. County Attorney Paul Kiltinen, who has suggested the move in the past, brought it up again.

Less than a year after being sworn in as a Kasson city councilmember, Brian Wempner has abruptly resigned from his position.

Dodge County’s proposed tax levy for 2026 remains at 5.7%, commissioners were told at last week’s meeting, the final look at it before the Truth in Taxation session on Dec. 11.
The latest draft, County Administrator Jim Elmquist told the board, had updates in the budget primarily in Human Services, Building Operations, and General Government.