The Kasson City Council passed a pay increase for council members at their January 28 meeting.
Mayor Dan Eggler and council members Sheldon Torkelson, and Ryan Christensen voted yes. Paul Johnson voted no, and Melisa Ferris abstained because she is the only council member not up for reelection this November.

At least one local school district has had a drop in attendance since the beginning of Operation Metro Surge.
“Yes, our attendance initially declined, but since then, it has continued to improve,” Triton Superintendent Luke Lutterman wrote in an email to the DCI.
Operation Metro Surge is a federal immigration enforcement operation that has sent thousands of federal agents to Minnesota.

Cassidy Dahanaike and Wyatt Coy became friends at the end of middle school, and it stayed that way, up until his death. 
The two were locker buddies. They hung out with their friend group while on school breaks, watching TV or playing video games at the Coy residence. 
They did what high schoolers did. 

Byron’s school board held its annual organizational meeting last week, electing every officer except the vice chair.
David Wernimont was elected board chair, Carrie Delaney the clerk and Jeremy Aagard the treasurer for 2026. The vote for vice chair ended in a 3-3 tie between Lisa Jessen and Kelli Crary, with Wernimont not in attendance. The board will vote again at their Jan. 20 meeting.

Triton school board members took action Monday night to address the district’s financial situation with a plan to take its fund balance from negative to positive numbers.