The park shelter that has been the center of controversy in Kasson for the past month was returned to the city only after the Minnesota State Auditor’s Office inquired about it.

The condition of a 41-year-old stabbing victim in West Concord has improved, the West Concord Police Chief reports.
Chief Shannon Boerner said that the unidentified victim is in stable condition at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester. Boerner said investigators met with the victim Friday to get his side of what happened during the violent attack in West Concord Thursday afternoon.

 
District Court Judge Joseph Chase today ruled in favor of Dodge County and Masching Swine Farms in a suit against the two defendants brought by Lowell and Evelyn Trom of Westfield Township.

Around 7:45 p.m. Kasson fire department was called to a sturcture fire at Eli and Kelly Fjerstad farm on County Hwy. 34 west of Kasson. When Kasson fire department arrived, the structure was fully engulf and small explosions were heard. A near back hoe became fully engulf. There were concerns for a nearby LP tank approximately 20 feet from the fire. 
Mutal aid was requested from the Dodge Center and Mantorville fire departments. 

BREAKING NEWS: Residents of Claremont evacuated due to gas main due to broken gas line
 
More than two dozen people were evacuated from buildings in the 200 block of Front Street in Claremont Friday afternoon after a worker struck a gas main while working in the alley.