Over the course of this winter, many blood drives across the region have been canceled, or have had low turnouts due to the weather.
The weather didn’t stop people from coming out in full force to donate blood in honor of the late Rita Buehler. In fact, hundreds of people came out to donate blood and to visit with people who knew Rita most.

In Minnesota, and across the country, when people think of any size town, they expect there to be at least one thing.
A post office.
Last week, in a press release the United States Postal Service, announced that the City of Claremont Post Office would have an emergency suspension of services, due to safety concerns.

 
Getting married on live tv is something that is special to say the least.
For Jennifer and Rob Ronnenberg, their relationship is exactly that.
In October of 2017, Jennifer got the surprise of her life when she was told that she would be getting new lungs that day after a long and painful battle with Cystic Fibrosis.
“It was the best moment of my life,” Jennifer said.

 
Every year, thousands of high school students across the country apply for a Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarship.
In order to be a recipient, someone needs to be well rounded, and in many ways must be unique and well rounded.
For Lauren Alexander, she fits the mold.
Alexander was adopted from Russia when she was around 3 years old, speaking not a word of English.

If you asked Rev. David Efflandt, about 10 years ago, if he thought he would one day be a pastor, the answer would have been no.
Efflandt was enjoying his life in Southern California, where he taught middle school band.
Then it happened.
He got a call from God.

A house fire occurred on Thursday afternoon in Wasioja Township, around 209th Avenue.
At this time it is unknown if there was any injuries or if there were any occupants in the home at the time of the fire.
The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.
The DCI will provide updates as they become available.
 

Rehearsals are under way for the Triton spring musical, and director Anne Schreiber says the cast is loaded with talent.
“We do have a lot of talented singers and actors,” she said.

In the moments after the K-M wrestling team’s loss to Simley on February 16, I stood around many of the stunned members of KoMet Nation.
The wrestling team had just lost their first dual during my four years as sports editor at the DCI and as it picked up its second place trophy and stood for a team photo in disappointment, there was one thought that would come across my mind.

At the regular school board meeting Feb. 19, Superintendent Joey Page explained to school board members that the district was ready for “flex-learning days” the next time the district had to declare a snow day. He commented that that didn’t mean the flex day would be used the next day but the district was ready, if it did.
And sure enough, the next day, Feb. 20 was another snow day for Byron schools.