In any sporting event, the game is not over until the clock reads all zeros. Unfortunately, the Owatonna girls soccer team had to be on the receiving end of one of those crushing losses. The Lady Huskies fell to Mankato West 2-0 in their matchup Thursday night at the Owatonna Soccer Complex. 
There’s a lot of little things to take out of a loss like this,” head coach Matt Roddy added. 

Since the first Marigold Days 51 years ago, Nancy and Harry Naatz have taken part in the town’s festivities. 
From square dancing to performing in talent shows to marshaling the kiddie parade, the young couple spent the whole weekend taking part in the now-annual festival. Since then, the couple has stayed involved. 

After 29 years in the Kasson Police Department, Kent Berghuis is now the chief of police. 
Over the years, Berghuis has been promoted from patrolman to sergeant to assistant chief. Now he feels lucky to have been promoted to chief. 
There won’t be a lot of changes made to the department with Berghuis as chief, other than a few minor things.

There is an increase in pedestrian and bicycle traffic around schools starting this week as students across the state head back to school. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is asking pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists to practice safety as they travel. 

There are not many opportunities for the newspaper industry to showcase what life was once like in the business many years ago. But there is one chance thousands of visitors to the Minnesota State Fair get each year to catch a glimpse of living history of newspapers.

The Kasson-Mantorville girls soccer team will hold an epilepsy awareness game on Saturday afternoon when they face St. Peter at KMTelecom Stadium. The game, which is slated for a 4 p.m. kickoff, will have plenty of festivities for fans including T-shirts, a raffle at halftime and an auction.

K-M strong in opening victory Heading into this season, the Kasson-Mantorville football team found themselves on much more stable ground than this time a year ago.

In the years since she graduated from Triton High School in 1999 Maria Welch has probably done more traveling and had more interesting experiences than most of her classmates.

After enlisting in the Peace Corps, shortly after John F. Kennedy created the program, a Kasson-Mantorville graduate found his new home.