Donning a bright red 1850s day dress, Carla Webster fit right in as she took in the festivities of Mantorville’s Stagecoach Days this past weekend.
Webster, who was one of several committee members that planned the weekend of fun activities for all ages, got a chance herself to relax and enjoy music by the Root River Jam Saturday afternoon.

A Dodge County man has died in a two-vehicle crash in Goodhue County.
The State Patrol has identified the victim as Roger Ray Herrick, 64, of West Concord. He was driving a 2004 Chevy Silverado that collided with a 2008 Ford F150 driven by Trent Wayne Hinkel, 46, of Lancaster, Calif.
A 47-year-old passenger in Hinkel’s vehicle received non-life threatening injuries. 

After a close call with Mother Nature during the opening day of last year’s Dodge County Fair, county safety officials are tweaking the fair’s emergency plan.
Matt Maas, emergency management director for Dodge County, has worked personally with Kasson EMTs, first responders, and other emergency personnel to reform the Emergency Management Plan for the Dodge County Fair. 

A Kasson Police Officer accused of years of sexual abuse is being held on $1 Million bail in Olmsted County Detention Center.
Julio Baez, 51, was arraigned in Olmsted County District Court Thursday morning on three felony charges of criminal sexual conduct. If convicted, he faces 30 years in prison and a $40,000 fine.
The judge ordered Baez held on $1 million bond without conditions or $500,000 with conditions.

The Olmsted County Sheriff, along with Kasson Police Chief Kent Berghuis and Dodge County Sheriff Scott Rose, revealed that Kasson police officer Juan Baez has been involved in alleged misconduct for more than 25 years at a press conference in Rochester Thursday morning.

James D. “Jim” Prihoda, 62 of Blooming Prairie, passed away Sunday, June 10, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Hospital – St. Mary’s Campus in Rochester.

Meinard E. Haberman, age 76 of Blooming Prairie, died peacefully on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 surrounded by his loving family at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester, St Mary’s Campus.

Every morning I seem to go through a battle with my alarm clock. And it’s not pretty. I never seem to come out on top.

Berry lovers will find miracle strawberries fresh and close to home over the next few weeks.  
In the fourth year of offering berries, Barry Moiser, owner of Miracle Strawberry Farm of Dodge Center, says it’s the best crop he’s been able to offer. What helped push the berries to their fullest potential this year was no hail, no late frost and a warm May, he said.