The murder of a man found shot to death at a rural Blooming Prairie home has prompted a statewide manhunt for his 56-year-old wife and her vehicle.
On Monday afternoon, Dodge County Sheriff Scott Rose said the Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as David Riess, 54, of Blooming Prairie. Rose said Riess died as a result of “multiple gunshot wounds.” 

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man killed in a single vehicle crash north of Mantorville Friday.
The sheriff’s office says Daniel Escalera, 48, of rural Mantorville died when his vehicle left the roadway and rolled over around 10:30 a.m. Friday. Escalera was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
An autopsy is still pending, according to the sheriff’s office

Marilyn Burnette Svenby, 81, passed away on March 18, 2018, at Mayo Clinic Hospital St. Mary’s Campus in Rochester.
Marilyn was born on Oct. 3, 1936, in Lockhart, Minn., to Alfred and Sophie (Ellingson) Thronson. Her youth was spent on the farm in Waukon Township in rural Gary Minn. 

As a tyke I stood in our backyard at home and joined my mom in chatting up neighbors over the fences.
 
To the south was Ella Mae, a feisty lady whose garage smelled like apples and who paid me $4 to mow her lawn and shovel her walk and driveway. That was more than enough cash for a kid to buy candy and baseball cards at our neighborhood grocery store.

Kasson-Mantorville school board members and the district’s teachers union, K-M Education Minnesota, agreed March 16 on contract language with five new district teachers, avoiding arbitration regarding contract grievances.

That little child in the cowgirl hat is one feisty, determined cookie.
 
Grace Reed, 11, of Kasson, is determined to raise enough money to install a new merry-go-round in West Park.

Because we are still between seasons (although the sports staff has been busy compiling information and writing preview articles), my thoughts the past week or so have gravitated to serious thoughts about spring.  The slow melt we have been enjoying for the last few days has made one thing abundantly clear.  Unless we get some torrential downpours in April, flooding in our state should be no problem this year.  That will be a relief to part of

When I was growing up, it seemed so simple to know exactly what agriculture provides society. Granted I grew up on a crop and livestock farm in central Minnesota to help bolster my knowledge. 
I guess I had the inside scoop on many facets of agriculture that have served me well throughout my life. Through 4-H, FFA and other programs, I helped educate others about farming. 

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office confirms a 48-year-old Mantorville man died in a one-vehicle rollover northwest of Mantorville Friday morning.
Captain Ryer Anderson said the man’s identity will not be released until family members have been notified.