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Members of the Kasson-Mantorville Schools Drama Department donned their Cat in the Hat headgear Sunday to take part in the Festival in the Park parade. The hats are in keeping with the theme of the November All-School Musical, which will be Seussical. More photos from Festival in the Park are on...
Love the Village Pub in Hayfield? No worries. The pub, which closed May 28, has new life within the American Legion in Hayfield, having opened there on Aug. 2.
“We lease the Legion building,” said Weston Koski, owner/manager of the Village Pub. “We worked out a deal with the Legion to run our...
A fast moving line of strong thunderstorms passed through Dodge County last Friday night ahead of a cold front bringing hail, damaging winds and a report of a brief tornado touchdown south of Dodge Center.
In its wake, the storm left reports of tree limbs down, trees uprooted, and power lines down...
Groups of motorcycle riders will be stopping at 472 Minnesota public high schools during the last week in August, starting the Saturday before the Labor Day weekend. Local resident Russell Lucas and his group will kick off their ride starting at the Byron High School at 6:30 a.m., Saturday,...
Top right, youngsters enjoyed the inflatable slide, as well as several bounce houses, at last weekend’s Festival in the Park in Kasson. Second row, left, one of the most popular events is always the Belly Flop contest. Second row, right, Rhino performed a free concert Saturday night. Third row, at...
For more than 30 years the Dodge County Stroll has been one of the largest per capita contributors nationwide to the Relay for Life program and this year has been no exception.
Last Friday’s event at the Dodge County Fairgrounds saw the local organization beating their goal of $100,000.00 for the...
When Triton students return to the classroom next month they will be seeing a familiar face in his office every day.
Dodge County Deputy Dave Skadson will become the full-time school resource officer (SRO) for the district, said Supt. Craig Schlichting. Skadson has been dividing his time as an SRO...
This year’s Festival in the Park in Kasson will feature five 2023 Kasson Ambassador candidates.
Candidates include Megan Giese, Brynn Lawrence, Mckenzie Holz, Megan Bucher and Hanna Hefindahl-Quint.
Kasson Ambassadors represent the community at various events throughout the year.
This year’s...
City officials turned over the first shovels of dirt Monday to officially break ground on the construction of a new Kasson fire hall. Destruction of the old structure was ongoing last week. Kasson Mayor Chris McKern, Fire Chief Joe Fitch, and members of the Fire Department were among those on hand...
It was time for the annual Hogfest at Claremont last weekend with the community turning out for three days of fun. At right, members of the Claremont Chamber of Commerce serve food at the Corn and Pork Feed Saturday night in the park. Top row, left, Rookie the Clown was at the park Saturday...