Marie Louise Kaufeld passed away peacefully, in the company of family members, on March 12, 2017, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 90 years old and a resident of the Rose Court memory care facility of Prairie Meadows Senior Living in Kasson, Minn.

The Triton track and field team had a great day at the HVL Championship Meet in Stewartville on May 13 as eight members claimed all-conference status during the event. The recognition, which is awarded to the top two finishers in each event, went to six boys and two girls and shows the type of dedication that the Cobras have put forth this season.

The Kasson-Mantorville track and field team has plenty of spectacular athletes, but at this point of the season, everybody is trending toward their peak level of performance. On May 13, K-M had one of its best opportunities to showcase the progress they have made throughout the season during the HVL Championship Meet in Stewartville.

Years ago my friend Jim and I agreed to meet for a workout.
I didn’t make it there. Slept in or something. And I never saw Jim again, because a couple days later he took his life.
I felt terrible. But there were, of course, undercurrents in his life that few if any of us knew about.
Couldn’t believe it when I saw the obituary in our paper. Oh, no. Not our dear, sweet, kind, smiley, funny, super-intelligent Jim.

Business decisions are never an easy task for anyone involved. 
I’ve had my fair share of decisions impacting the businesses I operate and I’ll be the first to admit they agonize me the most. 
One thing I learned long ago was that you’re never going to make everyone happy and you’re almost always guaranteed of making someone irate. 

A group photo with Sarah Srp and her day care kids is all lined up.
The kids are in place, the photographer is ready to push the button, and …
… and a little girl comes out of nowhere and pops into the center of the frame.
“Photo bomb!” Srp shouts.
The Kasson woman, surrounded by about seven wee little ones, clearly loves to have fun. As do her tiny clients at Sarah’s Day Care.

The ongoing feedlot issue in Dodge County that appeared to be sent out to pasture after years of court battles is not over, after all.
Lowell and Evelyn Trom of Westfield Township filed a petition with the Minnesota Supreme Court Tuesday afternoon asking the state’s highest court to review the feedlot controversy that has been swirling in southern Dodge County since 2014. 

For the first time since his death in 1999, Minnesota and the rest of the nation are honoring a fallen Hayfield police chief.
On Monday night, the Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association remembered Douglas Claassen at a ceremony at the Peace Officer’s Memorial in front of the State Capitol in St. Paul. Dodge County Sheriff Scott Rose placed a wreath in honor of Claassen during the ceremony.

Erik Derby said his friend Wyatt Coy was something else.