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Fire destroys Kasson business building

Kasson Fire Department responded Tuesday morning at 1:45 a.m. to a fire at 701 8th St. SE, Kasson, where a building was found to be engulfed in flames. Firefighters from Dodge Center Fire, Dodge Center Ambulance, Kasson Police and the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office also assisted at the scene.
The building was not occupied at the time of the fire and no firefighters were injured. The property did not have a fire sprinkler system.

CR 7 shut down until early September

Dodge County is repaving County Road 7 in Dodge Center, with the project being broken into three phases, said Bryce Lange, city administrator with Dodge County.
Phase 1 is from Subway to the railroad tracks; phase two is from the railroad tracks to Dollar General; and phase three is from Dollar General to the highway interchange.

Headline: State’s oldest fair gears up

This is the Dodge County Free Fair’s 165th year, and will be held July 13-17.
Located at the fairgrounds, the fair will introduce a few new elements this summer. A big, metal canopy called Township Square is being unveiled for people at the free stage to get a break from the sun. All of the townships in the county donated money to buy the $6,500 canopy.

Title IX remains critical female athletes

Friends and neighbors,
June 23, is the 50th anniversary of one of the most important laws this country has ever passed. 
I was part of the first class of girls who benefited from the passage of Title IX. So like many women reading this, I have firsthand experience with the transformative role that girls' sports can play in a girl’s life.

Cherish our democracy, commitment to U.S. ideals

On this Fourth of July, we celebrate the birth of our country—the great American experiment in democracy that began in 1776, when our founding fathers adopted the principles penned in the Declaration of Independence. Those principles became the bedrock of our nation, a roadmap of America’s purpose, and the foundation for a new way of governing rooted in the importance of working together. 

What Price Freedom?

The question often has been asked, “What happened to those men who signed the Declaration of Independence?” Paul Harvey, noted radio commentator and writer, answered the question in an article entitled, “What Price Freedom?” Here’s what he found:

I Was Thinking... “It Shouldn’t Work”

With the price of gas, why would people drive miles out into the countryside, park in a field, tote their own chairs and tables to buy an overpriced pizza that you may have to wait a half hour to get?

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