Kasson-Mantorville High School showed off its acting and musical prowess with its “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.”
“This was a great job by everyone,” said Bob Soland, who served as the play’s director and choreographer. “It’s great top work with a group of teenagers like this because they do so good it makes you look.” 

Flames raged just north of Mantorville Saturday as a house burned to the ground. As bad as that sounds, the blaze caused no harm and actually may have saved lives. 
A live burn training with the assistance of Riverland Fire School involving Fire Departments from Mantorville, Kasson, Dodge Center, and West Concord gave local fire fighters the opportunity to improve skills needed to knock down a blaze.

The Triton baseball team has been in a rut by dropping its first nine games to begin the year. While such a rough start could mean the end before the year even begins, the Cobras have been able to trend in the right direction and put together their best game of the year against Lake City on Monday afternoon.

The Kasson-Mantorville softball team is going through a bit of a learning process in the field, but their lineup has been the team’s strength all season long. The KoMets’ power was on full display this week in taking two out of three games.

The Triton golf team is beginning to hit their stride during the middle part of the schedule as they had two solid performances at the Dodge County Country Club last week. The golfers were able to play well and add a couple more medalists to a season that has already had plenty of them.

Jason “Bone” Arthur Schultz, 38, passed away at his home in St. Paul on April 22.
Jason was born on December 9, 1977 in Zumbrota, Minnesota to Beverly Mehrkens and the late John Schultz.
Jason graduated in 1997 from Triton High School in Dodge Center.
Jason was preceded in death by his father John Schultz and grandparents Lloyd Schultz, LuVerne and Kay Mehrkens and stepdad, Larry Gullickson.

Eileen O’Brien, 92, died on Friday, April 22, 2016. 
 Eileen Rossman was born on Sept. 6, 1923 at White Lake, South Dakota to Leo and Elizabeth (Wagner) Rossman.  

Robert Daniel “Bob” Larsen, 58, passed away peacefully at his home in Rochester on April 27, 2016.  
He was born June 11, 1957 to Lawrence and Arlene (Petersen) Larsen at Saint Marys Hospital.  Diagnosed at birth with Down syndrome, Bob was raised on the family farm in rural Mantorville, where he thrived through the loving care of his family.  

Betty passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home in Hubert, North Carolina.  She was surrounded by friends, with her dog by her side.
Betty was born Sept. 7, 1927 to Kermit and Edith Hovden in Ridgeway, Iowa, the oldest of four children.  She graduated from high school in Spring Valley in 1946.