When Becky Schultz, opened Becky’s Community Closet in Kasson, in June she did so because she saw a need for affordable clothing and housewares in the local community.
Now, the store will provide more than just a place for people in the community to get clothes and housewares.
It will provide a place for people struggling in the community to get warmth.

There are plenty of stories that make up the Kasson- Mantorville wrestling team. As a dominant program, there are some kids that step on the mat and instantly find their way onto the top of the podium. For others, their path to success is a work in progress that starts at an early age and requires patience to reach their final destination.

Funding for the upgrading of U.S. Highway 14 from Owatonna to Dodge Center is assured, members of the Highway 14 Partnership were told last week, although the exact date of when the first contracts can be let is still uncertain.

In 1998, Rodney Peterson was elected as a Dodge County Commissioner for the first time.
20 years later and his son Zakh was elected to the Kasson-Mantorville School Board.
Zakh was first introduced into the world of local government at a young age.

Something that happened to my youngest daughter a few weeks ago took me back in time to my childhood.
Just in time for Christmas, my daughter got the gift I’m sure she probably could have lived without, at least in her mind—braces on her teeth. It probably won’t be for a number of years before she really appreciates the gift.

When I first moved to Minnesota I knew right away that I wanted to become involved in the community that I lived and worked in.
I moved to St. James, about 45 minutes south of Mankato, and quickly realized that some of my skills, and out of the box thinking could be beneficial to the community.

After 12-1/2 years as Dodge Center’s finance director, Julie Beth is headed down the road to Rochester where she has assumed her new duties as director of finance for the Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency.
Her final day in Dodge Center was last Wednesday, and she started her new duties the next day.

For Braxton Raymond, the communities of Kasson-Mantorville and St. Peter have always been intertwined. As his family moved all over the Midwest during his childhood, his stays in those communities were his longest and as Raymond became one of the top high school players in the area, he gained many friends and supporters along the way.

As has been the case in recent history, Kasson-Mantorville
was well represented at the Rochester Area Sports Commission Banquet on Monday night. In another case of history repeating itself, a KoMet athlete and a coach walked away with hardware at Monday’s event as K-M volleyball’s Peyton Suess was named the Female High School Athlete of the Year and K-M wrestling coach Jamie Heidt was named Coach of the Year.