Gerry Fahning, a long-term Dodge Center Business owner, passed away this past weekend, according to his daughter, Beth Hanggi.

Dodge County Renovation ReUse will have a Drop Off Day this Saturday, May 31, from 8 a.m. to noon at their facility 62770 240th St., Kasson. Renovation ReUse is a Dodge County operation to provide a facility filled with good reusable materials available for all community members at an affordable purchase price and to keep items out of landfills.

The criminal case against a former Minnesota State Trooper will continue after an Olmsted County judge denied a motion to dismiss the charges against him.
Shane Roper, 33, Hayfield, was charged after a fatal car crash on May 18, 2024, that killed an Owatonna High School senior three weeks before graduation.

At a joint meeting in Waseca on May 20, representatives from Dodge and Waseca Counties expressed their support for continuing with the Minnesota Prairie County Alliance (MNPrairie).
On March 25, Steele County commissioners passed a resolution in favor of terminating the three-county Joint Powers Agreement and dissolving the human services provider. That would have required either Dodge or Waseca County to do the same.

Area school superintendents expressed relief that the Minnesota Legislature provided funds for the summer unemployment insurance program for school districts but said that the legislation will not solve the problem long term.

Our Cozy Corner, a live sales business based in Byron, donated $15,000 to a Rochester family in need on May 14.  Jen and Jefferson Webster were nominated by their friend, Shurie Madery, after the family went through many hardships over the past several years. Jen was pregnant with twins when she found out one didn’t have a heartbeat and the other would have down syndrome and severe heart defects.