The seventh season of the “Larger Than Life” Outdoor Art Exhibit will kick off June 27 at Riverside Park in Mantorville.

Randy and Nadine Langworthy have been named the 2026 Dodge Center Citizens of the Year.

Assistant Dodge County Attorney Kailee Thompson on Tuesday filed to run for the top job.
Longtime County Attorney Paul Kiltinen told the DCI earlier this year he would not seek re-election following a decision by the Dodge County Commissioners to move the part-time position to full-time beginning in January.

After news of the potential closing of CHS Inc. in Kasson leaked, an official released a statement about a plan to “optimize its assets.”
The Kasson location, along with the grain elevators in Ostrander and Wykoff, were named in an internal email to employees as the sites that will close.

STAFF PHOTO BY KAREN M. JORGENSEN

Cori Kennedy was the Friday night headliner at the “Spring into Summer” event at the Steele County Fairgrounds. She will return to Owatonna in August to perform at the Steele County Free Fair.