A discussion on how to get Claremont residents to clean-up their properties and the city led to a decision to let the Public Health and Safety Committee head up the effort.
Public Works Committee members Marie Lindblom and Dean Gray brought the subject up with Gray saying they wanted to know “how to get people to help clean up the city.” Some properties, they said, are not in compliance with city ordinances.

Hometown Haulers, a local garbage and recycling company, is hoping to fill an un-met need in the small-town areas it serves. 
The company, which is located at Freerksen Trucking in Dodge Center, has been around for a little over two years and is co-owned by Landon Koss and Mark Freerksen. 

stival is scheduled for this coming Saturday, March 12, with the 10th annual Sleigh and Cutter Parade highlighting the festivities. Other activities are scheduled to include an outdoor Bean Bag Tournament and a 501 Dart Tournament.
The parade starts at 1p.m. with the lineup to begin at noon. For more information on the parade or to register contact Joe Schwering at 507-456-1559.

They were reading in the gym. They were reading in the library. They were reading in the hallways.
They were Triton students and they were taking part in Read Across America Day.
For a half hour last Wednesday morning everyone in the school was either reading or being read to as part of a nationwide event. 

By the end of this summer, Dodge County residents may not only have more places to go to find a good book to read, but may also be able to meet some more of their neighbors.
The Dodge Center Library, the Mantorville Art Guild and a Triton shop class hope to team up to create 10 Little Lending Libraries that will be placed throughout the county. 

Dodge Center officials are beginning the search for a new ambulance director following the resignation of Dan Stensrud from the position.
Stensrud’s resignation was officially accepted by the council last week and his last day on the job was Feb. 19.
During the search for a new director the council appointed Emergency Medical Technician Lindsey Derby as the acting director.