Coming into the season, many thought that the Triton volleyball team would be one that was looking to rebuild. With nine new starters on the court, many assumed that the Cobras wouldn’t be able to keep up in a highly competitive Hiawatha Valley League.
However, things were different last week when the Cobras picked up their first conference win since the 2014 season when they defeated Pine Island in five games on September 13.
The Kasson-Mantorville football team was on a roll coming into their matchup with Plainview-Elgin-Millville Friday night. One week after showing laser-like precision against La Crescent, it would have been understandable if the KoMets had felt like a game against a struggling opponent would be a breeze to get to a showdown with Stewartville this Friday.
Claremont City Council members approved the purchase agreement for the first free lot in the city last week and also established a Tax Increment Finance (TIF) District for the Al-Corn Clean Fuels expansion project.
An update on the start of the school year, a financial donation from the Dodge Center Foundation and dates for public meetings on the upcoming levy vote were all on the agenda at Monday night’s Triton Board of Education meeting.
Triton principals all reported how the first days of school went with all agreeing the year is off to a good start.
Homecoming activities get under way at Triton High School next week with the King and Queen Coronation on Monday, culminating in the Homecoming football game on Friday.
Coronation activities are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Monday in the PAC at Triton High School.
For several years I have labored and struggled over mowing my lawn, which painfully takes about three hours out of my schedule to complete.
I’m not typically one to complain, but as I grow older I keep thinking to myself that it’s time I get a riding mower to get the job done in less than half the time it takes me now.
A dangerous gang member tied to an attempted murder case in Kansas has been captured in Dodge County.
Sheriff’s deputies arrested Jesus Horacio Rodriguez, 35, in Dodge Center in mid-August for a shooting that occurred earlier this year in Great Bend, Kan. At the time of his arrest, Rodriguez used a different name of Alejandro Azteca-Medina.
THE COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF CLAREMONT ORDAINS:
Claremont City Code Section 4.60, Subd. 11.A.4 is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is substituted in its stead:
“4. No private garage used or intended for the storage of passenger automobiles or motor vehicles, recreation vehicles, boats, etc. shall exceed 12% of the total lot area.”
The October meeting of the Milton Township Board will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, 7:30 pm.
(The meeting has been changed from its regular day, (Tuesday October 4) due to scheduling conflicts.)
