Local lawmakers are sounding the alarm over nursing home cuts expected to be made as part of the Senate Human Services budget passed last week. 
In Dodge County, Fairview Care Center is expected to lose $484,634 over the course of four years, while Field Crest Care Center in Hayfield is expected to lose out on $823,381 in revenue over the same time period.

An initiative led by Kasson-Mantorville Special Education teacher Sara Bailey and Kasson Public Works supervisor Ben Langan is raising money for a wheelchair accessible swing to be installed at Veteran’s Memorial Park. 
The initiative between the City of Kasson Park Board, local families, and businesses will ensure that everyone, regardless of mobility, can enjoy the playground to its fullest potential.

Multiple outgoing area superintendents have been rejected for multiple new positions over the past several weeks, as school districts look to name their next superintendents before July 1.
Some of those candidates have been competing against each other.

When Triton Superintendent Craig Schlichting announced he would be retiring from the school district
last year after working there for over three decades, many thought he would be leaving education altogether.
But with two last minute superintendent positions near his home, he decided to throw his hat in the
ring, and has now been named a finalist for the Kenyon-Wanamingo superintendent position.

After months of searching, the Byron School District has a finance director.
The school board on Monday night approved a contract with Shawn Elsbury, currently the finance director at the Pine Island Public Schools. He will receive a salary of $130,000 through the 2025-2026 contract year and $132,000 for the 2026-2027 contract year.

Charles “Buck” Bernardy was born in St. Paul and raised by his grandparents. When he was three years old, they relocated to Arizona, returning to St. Paul just before he began kindergarten. He attended Ames Elementary, now closed, before his family moved to White Bear Lake, where Charles completed junior high and high school.