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The Kasson-Mantorville football team is now one win away from its first state title, after defeating Grand Rapid 14-12 Friday afternoon in the state tournament semifinal matchup.
The KoMets’ first defensive stop came in the first quarter, as they held Grand Rapids on a fourth down in the red...
The Kasson-Mantorville Komets avenged a regular season loss to the Byron Bears to win the section 1 AAAA title on a dreary Halloween evening. The Komets were able to make a pivotal fourth down stop on a quarterback keeper by Byron’s Eli Rodemeyer with under three minutes left in the game. Byron...
The Byron Bears girls soccer team won their second consecutive Section 1AA championship in dominating fashion, on a rainy Tuesday night in Winona.
Byron came into the match with a 10-0-2 record, having beat the 7-3-2 Komets by a score of 5-0 on Sept. 30.
Byron’s offense dominated the first half...
Dodge County’s three school districts have now lifted the lockdowns they implemented after what was called “concerning behavior of a community member.”
The lockdowns started about 9:20 a.m. at Byron High School, where a video was recorded by Daniel James Lewison, 55.
He is listed as a person of...
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...
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.
When fire crews arrived they found that the fire was...
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.
An argument for parole was made...
Byron's School Board selected five semi-finalists to interview for the the school district's superintendent position Monday night.
The semi-finalists are:
Dr. Steven Heil, superintendent, St. James Public Schools
James Menten, superintendent, BOLD Public Schools
Dr. Michelle Mortensen,...
The Kasson-Mantorville Public School Board unanimously selected six semi-finalists to interview for the school district’s superintendent position. The semi-finalists are:
Dr. Tamara Champa, Superintendent, Hastings Public Schools, MN
Dr. Daniel Edwards, Executive Director of Academic...
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.
The Claremont Fire...