A runaway Texas Longhorn cow provided some excitement in Dodge County Sunday afternoon. 
Sheriff Scott Rose said that at about 2 p.m. the 911 Dispatch Center received a call from Brandon Schmoll on County Road 34 just east of Dodge Center that one of his Texas Longhorn cows had gotten out while they were trying to transfer her into the pasture and they were requesting assistance in getting it back into the pasture. 

A Wednesday night fire at Johnson Hardware in Dodge Center caused extensive damage to the building.
Dodge Center Fire Department was called to the location about 7 p.m. for reports of smoke coming from the building, Fire Chief Jeremy Dostal said.

 
 
Andrew Lechuga Salinas, a man convicted of killing Claremont Police Chief Greg Lange, was denied parole for a fifth time during a hearing in St. Paul on Friday afternoon.
The Review Board voted 3-2 to continue for two years before another hearing would occur.  

Byron's School Board selected five semi-finalists to interview for the the school district's superintendent position Monday night.
The semi-finalists are:

The Kasson-Mantorville Public School Board unanimously selected six semi-finalists to interview for the school district’s superintendent position. The semi-finalists are:

KAY FATE AND ALEX MALM
A man trapped up to his waist inside a grain bin Wednesday morning was safely rescued with no serious injuries.
The call came in about 10:40 a.m., reporting an employee with CHS agricultural cooperative was trapped inside a 250,000 bushel bin in Claremont.