The Olmsted County Board voted 4-3 last Tuesday to increase the boarding fee for the Olmsted County Detention Center from $75 to $323 per day per detainee, forcing Dodge County to look elsewhere for detention services.

The Dodge County election series is back. As voters get ready to vote on crucial local races the DCI will be asking candidates for local, county, school district, and state house seats a question each week leading up to the Nov. 3 election. The goal of the series is for voters to understand where candidates stand on various issues.

The origins of the upcoming ‘volleyball under the lights’ game on Aug. 28 in the KMTelecom stadium pitting Kasson-Mantorville against Triton can be found in Nebraska.
In August of 2023, over 90,000 attendees gathered in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska to watch the Nebraska Cornhuskers play Omaha. The event set the NCAA record for attendance for women’s volleyball, and years later inspired a similar event in Dodge County.

Hayfield Community Schools will be asking voters in November to vote up or down on a proposed increase to its operating levy.
According to Superintendent Gregg Slaathaug the proposed increase to the operating levy would generate $395,000 annually, which represents about 4.3% the district’s annual operating budget.

Hayfield Community Schools will be asking voters in November to vote up or down on a proposed increase to its operating levy.
According to Superintendent Gregg Slaathaug the proposed increase to the operating levy would generate $395,000 annually, which represents about 4.3% the district’s annual operating budget.

The Dodge County election series is back. As voters get ready to vote on crucial local races the DCI will be asking candidates for local, county, school district, and state house seats a question each week leading up to the Nov. 3 election. The goal of the series is for voters to understand where candidates stand on various issues.