The funeral service for Leslie “Les “ Severson, 68, of  Stewartville, will be at 11 a.m. on Friday Feb.15 at East St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Rock Dell, with Rev. Paul Thompson officiating.  Burial will follow in the church cemetery with military graveside honors by Stewartville American Legion Post 164. Mr. Severson died on Friday Feb.

Jacqueline Joyce Tendick, 86, of Hayfield,  passed away at Field Crest Care Center in Hayfield.
Jacqueline was born on Aug. 5, 1932, the daughter of John and Julia (Bjorge) Sund in Westby, Wis.

Kenneth Lee Urbach, 76, of Mantorville, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, at Fairview Nursing Home in Dodge Center.  
He was born on April 2, 1942, to Ernest and Ruth Urbach in Rochester. Upon graduating from Grand Meadow High School in 1963, Ken entered the Marine Corps.   

Larry E. Tucker, 88, formerly of rural Kasson passed away on Friday, Feb. 1 at Fieldcrest Care Center in Hayfield,  where he was a resident.
Larry was born on Jan. 19, 1931 in rural Kasson to Joel and Ruby (Jacobson) Tucker.
Larry grew up and lived in rural Kasson his entire life. He worked as a hired hand for various farmers in the area.  

When the Byron One Act Play Team began its rehearsals for the one act play competitions in late November, there was no expectations of making it past the subsections.
With a very difficult script to learn and an unusual one act play they would be performing,the expectations internally quite frankly weren’t very high.

For small towns like Kasson, the police department may go a whole year without any vehicle chases.
So far in 2019, they have had two chases with the same person.
According to a complaint, the first incident took place on Jan.4, when a officer was dispatched in Dodge County regarding a driver complaint. It was reported that her son, James Robert Novak, 29, was driving around intoxicated with a gun.

On Sept. 26, 1970, Dallas and Sharyl Herrick, were married at Trinity Lutheran Church in Austin.
The couple met in Hayfield at the bowling alley, where Dallas was in the parking lot with a good friend, watching a movie at the drive in, where he saw Sharyl walk out.
At that moment, he said he was going to ask her out one day.
And he did just that. Three years later and they were married.

A State Patrol trooper was assisting another vehicle on the shoulder of westbound highway 14 in Dodge County. A Buick, driven by Isaac Olson, 30 of Dodge Center, travelling westbound lost control and struck the troopers squad, which had its emergency lights activated. Olson was transported to St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester with non-life threatening injuries.

Marianne Catherine (Seykora) Warner, age 90, of Owatonna, passed away Feb. 2, 2019, with her family at her side. 
Mass of Christian Burial was Wednesday, Feb. 6 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Owatonna.  There was a parish rosary recited at the funeral home on Tuesday, Feb. 5 before the visitation. 
Marianne was born Feb. 25, 1928 in a Somerset Township farmhouse, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Steinkemper) Seykora.