One of the worst nightmares for farmers all around the country is inclement weather during harvest season.
For Minnesota farmers they have gotten their fair share of bad weather, including some snowfall on Sunday.
Aside from the very early season snow fall that took place on Sunday, one weather issue that farmers across the state have been dealing with is the unusual volume of rain.

At the beginning of the school year, Kasson-Mantorville Middle School principal Erin Kyllo met with her professional learning community to develop goals for the upcoming year. While the group set the bar for staff, the students and operation goals, one of the other set of goals had to do with the community.

Six years ago the Triton Student Council came together and decided that they needed to do something to support the community when it comes to mental health issues.
After brainstorming the student led organization decided the best way would be to raise money for different organizations in the community that help support people who suffer from mental health issues and illnesses.

A local state representative is asking for the public’s help in saving an orphan deer near the site of a fatal car wreck that killed a teacher and her young daughter.

For about four years the Dodge County Youth Hockey Association, like many nonprofits have participated in charitable gambling. 
On July 30 members woke up to some of the worst news imaginable when they found out that $11,000 of their charitable gambling funds was stolen during a theft at Events Center in Kasson.

Marcella “Sally” M. Anderson, age 90 of Hayward, died Friday night, Oct. 5, 2018, at St. John’s Lutheran Home in Albert Lea.
Marcella Marie Jensen was born Oct. 17, 1927, in rural Freeborn County, the daugh- ter of Walter and Anna (Nelson) Jensen. She received her education at a country school in Freeborn County. On Jan. 24, 1946, she was united in marriage to Orris Anderson at Trinity Lutheran Church near Bixby. 

When I was growing up I lived in an over 80,000-person city where the local school and city budgets were close to $200 million.
One of the things that I noticed was that often times people didn’t really pay attention to what was going on in the city unless it was going to directly impact them. 
When I came to Minnesota last June I quickly realized how important being an informed citizen is for small town communities. 

In the hectic world we live in today, it’s easy to get caught up in everything and forget about the significance or importance of someone or, in this case, something.
I even find myself falling victim to not appreciating things as much as I should from time to time. I think it’s easy to underestimate and undervalue the importance of the local community newspaper.