Isaac Threinen of Kasson took on a new challenge this fall: the Twin Cities Marathon.
He finished ninth in the race.
Though no stranger to long-distance running, this was his first time competing in the iconic race that winds through Minneapolis and St. Paul. For Threinen, the decision to run was fueled by a summer spent training in the Twin Cities with the Collegeville Track Club.

Dodge County resident Matt Coy knows all too well the impacts of not having enough access to mental health care.
His son, Wyatt, took his own life on Jan.19, 2017. He was 18 years old.
Coy tried to get help for Wyatt, who struggled for a long time.
But as Coy explained last week in Owatonna, when they tried to get him therapy, it was a “sorry state of affairs.”

CHS has closed the elevator in Claremont and directed members to take their soybeans and grains to the elevator in Kasson.
Nick Ulschmid, logistics manager at CHS, said co-op members were notified of the closing earlier this season. He said the closure was a corporate decision made partly because of the damage to the grain bins from a tornado in 2023. One bin was destroyed, and others were damaged in the storm.

For 2025, 45.2% of students across the state were proficient in math, according to the MCA (Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments) scores released by the state last month.
For reading, the statewide average was 49.6%.
Some area school districts are celebrating success, while others caution that state testing is not the only factor in determining academic success.
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James “Jim” Wayne Buck, 67, of West Concord, MN, passed away peacefully on October 3rd, 2025, at Methodist Hospital in Rochester, after a yearlong courageous battle with cancer. Jim was born on January 20th, 1958, in Rochester to Duane and Marcella (Briggs) Buck. On July 13th, 1991, he married Lori Redding of Zumbrota. They shared two children together, Ashley and David Buck.