Friends, relatives, and co-workers are rallying around a Kasson-Mantorville Middle School teacher after she was seriously injured in a vehicle accident last week in rural Dodge County.

Friends, relatives, and co-workers are rallying around a Kasson-Mantorville Middle School teacher after she was seriously injured in a vehicle accident last week in rural Dodge County.

Dodge Center Ambulance Director John Fox and West Concord Ambulance Director Adam La Plount sat in a conference room in St. Paul, as ambulance leaders from across the state, discussed the growing challenges plaguing EMS services as part of its statewide roundtable series.
Rising costs, a lack of volunteers, a need for increased pay, and decades long battles with Medicare to pay the true cost of the bill, were all discussed.

While it is said, dogs are man’s best friend, cats sure get a lot of press. Our language is filled with references to cats. Anyone who is trying to learn our jargon might have a difficult time understanding so many cat related idioms.

An Owatonna woman was injured last Saturday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 14 near Kasson.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 2021 Honda Accord driven by Linda Soteda Day of Owatonna, and a 2004 GMC Sierra, driven by Gregory Michael Seath of St. Peter, were both eastbound on Highway 14 at Milepost 198 when they collided.

Several local organizations were among those receiving $17,800 in grants this quarter from People’s Energy Cooperative Operation Round Up® Trust. Local organizations receiving grants included:
Byron Robotics STEAM Association — $1,000 to help purchase robot component parts
Kasson-Mantorville Community Education — $500 in support of expanding arts access