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What is the most important thing you want voters to know about yourself as they head to the polls next week? What can you provide that other candidates cannot?
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Britton Avant

Amy Olson
I want to express my commitment and readiness to once again serve on the Kasson-Mantorville School Board. With nearly eight years of experience leading the policy committee, I have a deep understanding of the vital role that policies play in ensuring the safety and well-being of our students, staff, and community.

It was the first partisan candidate forum — and it showed.
Brad Finstad, R-New Ulm, the incumbent in Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District, faced challenger Rachel Bohman, a Rochester native, Monday at the Owatonna Country Club.
Beginning with the first question, Bohman repeatedly took Finstad to task for not passing a new farm bill in the two years since he was elected to office.

Dodge County
The following case was heard in Dodge County District Court the week of Oct. 20 with Judge Debra A. Groehler presiding:

The previous two columns I have written have showcased the Triton Activities Department’s commitment to the development of the Profile of a Graduate characteristics of Triton students through their participation in cocurricular activities. The third area that we are intentional about is instruction and identification.

Mary Ellen (Trahms) Rehwaldt, 94, of Dodge Center, MN passed away on Saturday, October 26, 2024. Mary was born on June 26, 1930, the daughter of George Robert and Ellen Emma Anna (Fitzloff) Trahms, at Immanuel Hospital in Mankato. She grew up in rural Smith’s Mill near Janesville. Mary Ellen was baptized on July 27, 1930, a member of Smith's Mill Lutheran Church, and confirmed on April 30, 1944.

Betty Ellen Pfeiffer, 89, of Laporte, MN was called to her eternal home in heaven Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at the Sanford Bemidji Medical Center in Bemidji.
Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 am, Friday, November 8, 2024 at St John’s Lutheran Church in Park Rapids. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at the Fairview Cemetery in Erskine. Arrangements are with the Cease Family Funeral Home in