Carly Halder, third from left, poses with friends during this spring’s prom at Byron High School. Also pictured are Ella Nelson, Marin Radke, Halder, Eden Hemminger, Zoe Dearborn, Madison Ohm and Tallie Behrens. Halder was named the Most Outstanding Senior Letter award for females in the class of 2026.

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Ben Nelson, who will graduate Friday from Hayfield High School, took his senior photos with some of the jerseys he’s worn throughout his high school career. He plans to attend RCTC to play baseball, then become a special education teacher.

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Carly Bronson will attend Southwest Minnesota State University in the fall, where she will play with the SMSU golf team.

More than a decade ago, a small group of people from the Hayfield Sons of American Legion came up with the idea of putting out flags by request for different holidays.
The idea took off.
“This project started about 12 years ago, when our commander brought the idea to our SAL group,” said Kaseky Krekling, a member of the Hayfield SAL. “It started small and has grown every year.”

Kasson:
8 a.m. Rock Dell Cemetery
8:15 a.m. East St. Olaf Cemetery
8:30 a.m. South Zumbro Cemetery
8:55 a.m. Maple Grove (Kasson)
9:20 a.m. Milton Cemetery
9:45 a.m. Berne Cemetery
10:10 a.m. Mantorville Bridge
10:25 a.m. St. Margaret Cemetery
10:35 a.m. Evergreen (Mantorville)
11 a.m. KM High School Auditorium
Ceremony at Kasson Mantorville High School Auditorium:

A traffic stop for excessive window tint led to the recovery of more than a half-pound of cocaine, thousands of pills and multiple other drugs — as well as several felony charges against a Rochester resident.
Logan Michael Ziegler, 19, faces two counts of first-degree drug sale, and one count each of fourth-degree drug possession, fifth-degree drug sale, fifth-degree drug possession and fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle.