Three months and one day apart earlier this year Mark Oeltjenbruns found himself in the middle of two defining moments of his life—each one with very different outcomes.

Leif Elijah Haugland (36) was recently charged in Dodge County after an alleged minivan versus bus crash took place in Hayfield.
 

 
For many years Glen and Tammy Nevala have decorated their homes with lights for holidays like Halloween and Christmas.
 
A few years ago however, they decided to take it a step further by creating an entire show for people in the community.
 
Since then they have had hundreds and thousands of people every Christmas and Halloween season come to their home to watch the spectacular shows.
 

Over the summer, K-M alum Braxton Raymond was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. During times such as the one that Raymond is going through, it’s always nice to know that a family is there to have your back.

In 2013, Sharon Davern moved to Mantorville, moving back to Minnesota fter living in a variety of different states. 
After living in Mantorville for a while, she began to hear a lot from residents that they didn’t have a say in their local city government and only a few people had a voice in what happens.
That prompted Davern for the first time in her life to run for a political office, in order to help come up with a

When the new Kasson Library was built a couple of years ago, there was no doubt that it was a state of the art building and library.
But something was missing. Flags.
That’s why about a year and a half ago members of the VFW and Lions approached Art Tiff, the library’s director, about getting flags installed.

Nine years ago Angie Richards, and her husband decided on Mantorville to be their forever home.
Ever since then the mother of two has been dedicated to the community.
One of the main reasons for picking the area to raise their kids was because of the quality of education their kids would receive at KM.

I haven’t been walking this earth for many years, especially compared to my elders, but one thing that I have had a vast amount of experience with is politics.
I took my first political science course in college in the fall of 2013, as a freshman (I feel old), and ever since, I have had a passion about politics.

In the past, the K-M baseball field has represented a random diamond in the middle of nowhere. It’s gotten the job done, but there were little intricacies that hindered the fan experience. With several additions this fall, the hope is that not only will fans be
able to get a better view of the game, but it will make for a better overall experience for everyone involved.