A family’s love of gardening and sewing has led to a new business in Dodge Center.
Herbs & Things is the business name and a stop by the family farm at 60576 205th Ave. will lead you to a variety of herb and plants to purchase as well as an assortment of embroidered flour sack towels, hand-sewn fabric baskets, aprons, potholders, lotion bars, rosemaling and more.

With the end of the school year students can look forward to enjoying the days away from the classroom.
But for some youngsters that also means days lacking in nutritious food as they relied on breakfast and lunch served in school.

Board members of the West Concord Public Charter School were scheduled to meet Tuesday night with a vote to close the three-year-old school anticipated.

A compilation report prepared by the accounting firm of Burkhardt & Burkhardt shows that the West Concord Municipal Liquor Store continued to show a net operating loss for the first three months of 2016.
Greg Burkhardt presented the results to the West Concord City Council at its meeting last week.
A compilation, Burkhardt explained, involves taking the records as given and putting them in a financial statement format.

Triton Elementary School third-graders headed off to the Dodge County Fair Grounds last Friday where they learned about agricultural safety issues and toured an elevator and dairy farm.
The day was organized by the Triton High School FFA Chapter and area businesses.

Dodge Center officials met with residents of the northwestern area of the city last week about proposed street improvement projects.
The city is looking at several planned reconstruction projects that would begin in 2017. City staff will be meeting with residents in several areas that are being considered for projects.
Last week’s session involved portions of 5th and 6th Avenues and 3rd and 4th Streets.