Friday, March 29, 2024

Community

Running back Brooks Buchanan breaks a tackle in the game against Winona.
Wins by the Byron Bears and Kasson-Mantorville KoMets in their semifinal games last week paved the way for a Bears-KoMets Section 1AAAA championship game on Friday. The two teams will meet again at 7 p.m. Friday at Mayo High School in Rochester. BEARS OT GAMBLE PAYS OFF Go for the tie or go for the...
Jury selection began Monday in Mantorville for a Kasson man charged with sexually assaulting a minor. Michael Adam Davis, 36, is charged with two counts of Criminal Sex Conduct First Degree, two counts of Criminal Sex Conduct Second Degree, and one count of indecent exposure in presence of minor...
Mike Marti is a fourth generation resident of the Kasson area.
Mike Marti is a fourth generation Minnesotan since his great grandfather bought farmland near Kasson in 1907. His grandfather, Erv, farmed and also sold Pioneer Seed Corn for about 25 years. Mike said he would ride along on some of his grandfather’s calls to area farmers. Mike’s dad had a metal...
Axe throwing, escape rooms, motorcycle rallies, car shows, pop-ups and bowling alleys were all ideas bantered about during the first meeting of the Kasson Downtown Improvement Task Force on Tuesday, Oct. 26. Held in the foyer of Six of Swords Tattoo Collective on Main Street, 15 downtown advocates...
Byron’s Elizabeth Felty and Kasson-Mantorville’s Kaylee Narveson both go after the ball.
Byron junior Taylor Finney scored a goal with just 1:27 left to lift the Bears past Kasson-Mantorville, 1-0, in the Section 1AA girls’ soccer championship game on Tuesday, October 19. The match was a typical Byron versus Kasson-Mantorville contest. Byron Head Coach Jeremy Baum- bach said the teams...
Matt Donovan hands off to Anthony Moe-Tucker in last Wednesday’s game against the Owatonna Huskies.
Kasson-Mantorville’s KoMets lost a heart-breaker last Wednesday, October 20, on a 35-yard field goal with 35 seconds remaining in the game. That was enough to give Owatonna the lead and a 17- 14 victory. The teams traded the ball and the lead several times before the field goal finally sealed the...
Peter Wyttenbach is enjoying his second career as pastor at South Zumbro Lutheran Church.
Peter Wyttenbach grew up on a dairy farm north of Mantorville with three older siblings, Carrie (Carstensen), Ryan and Randi (Finley). Pete said he really loved the farm. When his mom, Jeanie, went back to work at Mayo when he was three years old he spent every day with his dad, Walt, and his...
It’s less than a week until voters in the Byron school district go to the polls to decide the fate of a $44.5 million bond package. Supt. Michael Neubeck says he and school officials have been meeting with groups and individuals throughout the district to explain what the referendum includes....
KM’s #8 takes aim at the ball.
Kasson-Mantorville volleyball girls accepted an invitation to Eastview last weekend, and they, like good guests should, helped themselves to all of the accolades available. It was the Eastview Lightning Invite, and the KoMets were electric throughout the weekend play. Friday, October 15th’s action...
Byron senior Briella Babcock.
On Tuesday, October 12, the Bears rolled in round one, with a 5-0 victory over Albert Lea, in the section quarterfinals 1AA playoffs. Byron dominated play, keeping the ball in the Albert Lea half. Ultimately, Olivia Amundson cracked the back of the net; from her very own corner kick. Posting a 2-0...

Pages

Dodge County Independent

Dodge County Independent
Dodge County ADvantage
301 S. Mantorville Ave.
Plaza 57 • Suite 200
Kasson, MN 55944

Dodge County Printing
301 S. Mantorville Ave.
Plaza 57 • Suite 200
Kasson, MN 55944

507-634-7503
 
Hours: 
Monday-Thursday 10a.m.-3p.m.