The weather has not been real good to area farmers this spring but local growers are getting their crops in the ground.
Although the May 6 crop report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture said that only six percent of the corn in Minnesota had been planted statewide, the situation is considerably better in Dodge and Steele Counties.

A donation from the Dodge Center Lions Club is helping students in the General Educational Development (GED) program through Triton Community Education pay for the testing required to get their diploma.

One year ago, several schools in the state of Minnesota started a movement to have boys volleyball sanctioned as a sport in the Minnesota State High School League. As with many sports in their infancy, last year served as a test run for the 23 schools that took part in it and as the season went along, the game started to grow within the teams that were taking the court last spring.

In 1978, Joe Pearson was asked by a friend if he wanted to start and own an appliance shop with him.
Pearson said yes and 41 years later he is continuing to help the Kasson community with its appliance needs through his business P&P Appliances.

Last week U.S News and World Report came out with its list of top schools in the nation.
Included on that list is Byron High School.
Principal Steve Willman said that having the school recognized in that way is a true honor.

Ferris “Chip” Leland Decker, age 85 of Blooming Prairie, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at Prairie Manor Care Center in Blooming Prairie.

Dorothy V. Kruger, age 93 of Blooming Prairie, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at Prairie Manor Care Center in Blooming Prairie.
Dorothy Viola Harber was born on June 27, 1925 in Bancroft Township, Freeborn County, the daughter of Thomas Earl and Viola Emelyn (Selstad) Harber. Dorothy lived in the Blooming Prairie area all her life and attended Blooming Prairie High School, graduating in 1943.

One could have heard a pin drop last Friday morning at Medford High School as a packed gymnasium listened to a father share the heart wrenching story of losing his son nearly four years ago.

There is a term that has been used more and more often called “first world problems.” That was exactly the case for me last week.
I had just gotten home from coaching a track meet and from picking up my girlfriend from work in Owatonna since she had car pooled with someone the day before to head over to Granite Falls.