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"Another city replaces lost newspaper" was the headline of a letter to the editor that was brought to the DCI office last week. The Lake County Press was starting up after its former owner shuttered the Lake County News-Chronicle in 2020. In fact, the company that created the Lake County Press...

Weekend was for snowmobiling, NFL playoffs

Last Saturday was one of those days made for exploring the snowmobile trails in Dodge County. It was a sunny day that brought out ‘bilers from all over the area. They were all gathered in Riverside Park in Mantorville as part of the annual Ride For Wyatt and served as a fundraiser for suicide...

How well do we know the inner workings of our government?

How well do we, U.S. citizens, know about our history and government? The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services asks persons from all over the world who have applied for citizenship 100 basic civic questions. Under the category: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, Principles of American Democracy: Question 1...

NFL playoff mania is sweeping the nation!

It may be January in Minnesota, but the hype surrounding recent changes in the leadership of the Minnesota Vikings — Coach Mike Zimmerman and Vikings’ GM Rick Spielman are unemployed — this change occurred after another dismal season for the Vikes. It’s a matter of what have you done for us lately...

Only 66 days until spring, baseball

Plunging Arctic air has been mixed with more moderate average highs and lows so far this year. Yes, we’re only 13 days into 2022, but there are only 66 days until spring springs in southeastern Minnesota. I know, it’s too early to be talking about spring, or is it? Well, spring is set to roll...

It’s time for a Vikings coaching change

We had a brown Christmas this year. It’s a bit ironic in that Southeast Minnesota had up to 12-inches of snowfall earlier in the month, but it was gone by Christmas. However, the region has had a “White Christmas” 68 times out of 87 since 1933 or 78 percent of the time. The last brown Christmas was...

Avoid knee-jerk reactions to new variants

Most of the world crawled into a hole and pulled the hole in after them when the coronavirus hit the planet with deadly impact. “I know vaccination requirements are unpopular...My administration has put them in place not to control your life, but to save your life and the lives of others,” said...

What is Christmas?

Christmas is Saturday, Dec. 25. But what is Christmas? It’s a mad dash for retail businesses to end the calendar year with a burst of sales. In some cases, it’s a make or break time of the year. Hallmark, the card company, has shifted its emphasis from selling Christmas cards to sappy love stories...

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Weather prognosticators were giving residents in the area a heads up for a snow dump that was building up in the Colorado Rockies and would hit us Friday afternoon. Based on those advanced warnings many southeast Minnesota schools closed the doors for the day as a precaution. Byron public schools...

Open house, Christmas in Kasson was over the top GREAT!

Whenever a business does something for the first time, there's a great chance of failure. Dodge County Independent opened its doors to an open house at our new office location hoping that folks from Dodge County and Byron might show up to view our new office space, and celebrate Christmas in Kasson...