Construction is set to begin in days on both Highway 57 in Mantorville and Highway 14 between Dodge Center and Byron.
Minnesota Department of Transportation has scheduled a public information meeting for tomorrow, Friday, April 12, to learn more about the Highway 57 reconstruction project. The meeting is scheduled for 4:30 to 6:30 pm. at the Dodge County Government Services Building, 721 N. Main St., Mantorville.

Mantorville Theatre Company is pleased to announce that the “ladies” are back! All interested parties are encouraged to “signup” soon for the “potluck” to guarantee a seat at “the table” in the historic Opera House! (Not an actual dinner, so please leave your favorite hotdish at home.)

Whether they served in the jungles of Vietnam, the mountains of Afghanistan, or the sands of Iraq, when our veterans signed up to serve our country, there wasn’t a waiting line. When they return home from duty and need a job, education, housing, or health care, there should never be a waiting line in the United States of America.

With our easy access to a wide range of media sources today, it is easy to become overwhelmed by everything that is happening in the world. When I grew up, we got one weekly local newspaper and three channels on TV. The radio station was local and presented mostly talk radio, local news, and an occasional baseball game.