Wildcats crush Hermantown in Minnesota Boys State High School League state hockey tournament quarter finals 7-3 in St. Paul's Excel Center. Junior Brody Lamb scored six of the 'Cats seven goals, putting on a scoring exhibiton on the Excel Center ice as the first time-ever Dodge County's hockey team advances to the state semi-finals.
 

Minnesotans know it’s spring when Old Man Winter teases us with some spring-like temperatures and then dumps a boatload of snow on us! That defining occurrence is out of the way, so it’s on to the traditional sign of spring–high school tournament time!
Hockey playoffs have begun (boys and girls), with the state tournament slated for the Excel Center in St. Paul.

Devon Eldwin Conrad was born in Nappanee, Ind. on Dec. 3, 1927 to Russell and Inez Conrad. He went to be with our Lord on Friday, March 19, 2021, at the age of 93.
He graduated 8th grade from a one-room schoolhouse in Elkhart County, Ind. then took over the field work on the family’s 80 acre farm while his father worked in town. He moved with the family to Hayfield, in 1947.

Sandra Mavis (Dessner) Harmon, age 61, passed away March 11, 2021 at Abbott Northwestern Medical Center.
Sandra was born to Richard and Mavis Dessner, Dec. 15, 1959, in Dodge Center. Sandra attended West Concord High School but then graduated from Kasson High School. 
She married Clark Horsman with whom she had her two children Curtis Harmon and Sarah Fate.  They were later divorced.

Rochelle Lee (Gillard) Kasper, 64, of West Concord, passed away on Saturday, March 20, 2021, at Saint Marys Hospital surrounded by her loving family after a long battle with lung cancer.
Rochelle Lee Gillard was born on Aug. 11, 1956 to Glen Thomas Gillard and Ardella Mae (Walker) Gillard in West Concord. 

Robert E. Pike, 86, of Kasson, passed away on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at Fairview Care Center in Dodge Center.
Robert was born on Oct. 21, 1934 in New Haven Township, Minn. to Harold and Irene (Jedike) Pike.

Renee  Hedberg, 85, of Owatonna, died Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at Traditions II in Owatonna.
She was born Jan. 17, 1936 in Emmons County, N.D., the daughter of William and Myrtle (Harwood) Keifer. She attended school in Kasson. 
On Oct. 11, 1953, she married Robert L. Hedberg. The couple lived on a farm near Kasson, then moved to Dodge Center, eventually settling in Owatonna. 

Philip E. DuBois, age 98 of Sauk Centre, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on  Friday March 19, 2021 at Fairway Pines Assisted Living in Sauk Centre.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held March 24 at the St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre with Rev. Jeremy Theis officiating. Interment was at St. Paul's Cemetery in Sauk Centre with military honors by the Sauk Centre United Veterans Honor Guard.

Elaine Rose Rud, 90, of Kasson, passed away on Sunday, March 21, 2021 at her home.
Elaine was born on Nov. 8, 1930 to Emil and Ragna (Lee) Asleson in Ambrose, N.D. She attended Oak Grove High School in Fargo, N.D.