The Byron Bears girls soccer team won their second consecutive Section 1AA championship in dominating fashion, on a rainy Tuesday night in Winona. 
Byron came into the match with a 10-0-2 record, having beat the 7-3-2 Komets by a score of 5-0 on Sept. 30. 

Janice Isabella Olson, 79, of Dodge Center, MN passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 9, 2025, at Lakeshore Inn Nursing Home in Waseca.

Last week, our school and our communities came together to celebrate something bigger than just a football game or a parade. Hayfield’s Homecoming reminded me once again that our school is at the very heart of who we are—not only in Hayfield, but in Brownsdale, Waltham, Sargeant, and Oslo as well.

Dodge County Public Health (DCPH) will be holding community clinics for the flu vaccine throughout October.
Clinics will have the following vaccines available:
Fluzone Trivalent — $55
Fluzone High-Dose Trivalent (65+) — $101
Flublok (50-65) Trivalent — $101
Flu vaccines will be administered to anyone ages six-months and up on the following days and locations:

Resurfacing of Highway 57 from Kasson to Mantorville is completed and the road is fully open to traffic, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Work began Sept. 8. Crews resurfaced Highway 57 from 16th Street in Kasson to the Zumbro River in Mantorville.
To learn more about this project, visit dot.state.mn.us/d6/projects/hwy57-kasson-mantorville/index.html.