A Kasson-Mantorville teacher was airlifted to Rochester Thursday morning after a crash involving a car and a snowplow on County Road 24, east of West Concord, just west of the County Road 7 intersection.
 According to Dodge County Sheriff Scott Rose, shortly after 7 a.m. on Thursday Dodge County 911 Dispatch received a 911 call reporting a car versus snowplow truck crash.

BREAKING NEWS: Second person dies in Dodge County fog crash
A second person from Dodge Center has died from injuries she sustained in a freak fog-related crash in Dodge County on Dec. 30.

 
Citing personal reasons, Kasson-Mantorville School Board member Amy Olson will be resigning from the Board as of 5 p.m. Wednesday.
 

Rice County authorities have arrested a Blooming Prairie man in connection with a fatal shooting of a Nevada man last week.
 
On Wednesday night, sheriff’s deputies took Mark Doocy, 60, into custody at the Flying J Truck Stop along Interstate 35 in Rice County. Doocy kept officers waiting for more than four hours until a chemical irritant was used on him twice before he was captured, Sheriff Troy Dunn said.
 

An early morning crash has claimed at least one life in Dodge County. 
The crash happened around 5:40 a.m. on Highway 218 south of Blooming Prairie in Westfield Township. 
The State Patrol says a Toyota Camry was southbound on Hwy. 218 when it collided with a northbound vehicle. The Camry caught on fire. 
Assisting at the scene were Steele, Dodge and Mower sheriff’s offices.