Janet Lucille Guttormson, 86 of Austin, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester on Jan. 31, 2019.

Scott Peder Olson Jr. was arrested on Monday, Feb. 18 after his vehicle collided with a train in Dodge County.
According to the complaint, a Dodge County deputy was dispatched to a vehicle versus train crash in Dodge Center, where the driver of the vehicle fled the scene.
After observing the vehicle in the ditch, the deputy made contact with the conductor who told him that the driver had ran northbound.

Triton School Board members chose Triton High School Principal Craig Schlichting as the next superintendent Wednesday evening.The board had been scheduled to interview two finalists for the position, Schlichting and Jackson County Central School District Superintendent Todd Meyer, Wednesday afternoon.After interviewing Schlichting, Board Chair Rebecca Knutson announced that Meyer had contacted the board and said he had accepted another positio

The Kasson-Mantorville Middle School Drama Program presents its delightful winter musical production, Bugsy Malone, Jr. Feb. 22–24, in the Minnesota WiFi Performing Arts Center at Kasson-Mantorville High School.  

Things were hopping Friday night at the West Concord Public Library as children and adults came out for the Pajama Party to support the upgrades to Lions Park.
The city is upgrading the park, including the playground, to make it accessible to all.

Snow is still coming down but the people at Dodge Refreshed are already planning for spring and summer events.
Dodge Refreshed is a citizen driven group that was formed to help Dodge County residents grow in health and wellness by promoting awareness, improving access to resources and building strong connections, said Kristin Cerda, chair of the Dodge Refreshed group and an employee of the Dodge County Public Health.

Feeling stuck inside becaise of the recurring snow storms?
Dodge Center is offering a chance to get out and enjoy the winter weather this Saturday with a Candlelight Hike at Creek Park.
Activities will get under way at 6 p.m. and continue until 8 p.m.
This will be the third candlelight hike, said Liz Johnson, the city’s community development specialist.

For nine years, Mantorville Farms was an online business which helped put chocolates made in Mantorville in the hands of people across the country.
After a tough go of things with more and more competition online, the online business came to an end in February of 2018.
“Our sales were flat the last few years, so we decided to try something else,” said Terry Eckstein, owner of Mantorville Farms.

A couple of years ago, Alanis Morissette came up with a remix of her popular song “Ironic,” performing it on James Corden’s show.
In a fun way, she remixed the song to modify it for 21st Century problems.
One of the parts of the song says, “It’s like swiping left on your future soulmate,” referring to popular dating sites like Tinder.