Get ready for some fall fun at the Mantorville Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 25. The event is sponsored by the Mantorville Chamber of Commerce and will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in downtown Mantorville.
Get an early start to the morning with coffee flights at the County Seat from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Farmers Market will open at 10 a.m. at Riverside Park.

Emma Benoit was a 16-year-old varsity cheerleader in Dutchtown, La., when she attempted to end her life in 2017, the summer before her senior year.
She survived, but her attempt resulted in a spinal cord injury that paralyzed her.
The challenges she faced while recovering and learning to walk again helped her find faith and purpose and sent her on a mission to use her experience to help others.

Dodge County Public Health (DCPH) will be holding community clinics for the flu vaccine throughout October.
Clinics will have the following vaccines available:
Fluzone Trivalent — $55
Fluzone High-Dose Trivalent (65+) — $101
Flublok (50-65) Trivalent — $101
Flu vaccines will be administered to anyone ages six-months and up on the following days and locations:

Resurfacing of Highway 57 from Kasson to Mantorville is completed and the road is fully open to traffic, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Work began Sept. 8. Crews resurfaced Highway 57 from 16th Street in Kasson to the Zumbro River in Mantorville.
To learn more about this project, visit dot.state.mn.us/d6/projects/hwy57-kasson-mantorville/index.html.

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Southern Minnesota (BBBS) officially moved into their new office space in downtown Owatonna last week, with an open house and ribbon cutting attended by Owatonna Chamber of Commerce members and ambassadors.
They also received a check from the Owatonna Foundation for $55,000.

Isaac Threinen of Kasson took on a new challenge this fall: the Twin Cities Marathon.
He finished ninth in the race.
Though no stranger to long-distance running, this was his first time competing in the iconic race that winds through Minneapolis and St. Paul. For Threinen, the decision to run was fueled by a summer spent training in the Twin Cities with the Collegeville Track Club.