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The buck stops here

Sometimes the best advice comes from unlikely sources and that was the case on Wednesday, Dec. 4, when Viktor the Viking, the Minnesota Vikings’ mascot, came to Kasson-Mantorville Elementary School (KMES) to spread his anti-bullying campaign.

Triton seniors named Triple AAA winners

Two Triton High School seniors have been named recipients of this year’s Triple A Award.
The Triton AAA Selection Committee named Kendra Petersohn and Jay Yankowiak as the 2019-2020 AAA Award winners.
Petersohn is the daughter of Tracy and Michelle Petersohn. She has a 4.0 GPA and has participated in volleyball, basketball, track, Minnesota Honor Society, Link Crew, SADD and Choir.

DCI names associate publisher

Rick Bussler, owner and publisher of the Dodge County Independent (DCI) has named a native Minnesotan to head up the operations.
Keith Hansen assumed the duties of associate publisher on Dec. 2.

Stone Soup Anyone?

Every year all the Triton Elementary third grade classes perform the story “Stonr Soup” for their parents, grandparents or others invited to attend. Last week Stacy Raaen’s class did two separate performances using slightly different scripts. In one the visitors to the village were soldiers in the second they were travelers.

A new brew in Kasson

Members of the Kasson Chamber of Commerce gathered at Trail Creek Coffee Roasters Saturday morning to officially cut the ribbon welcoming the business to the city.
Trail Creek Coffee Roasters is owned by Jim and Crystal Whitmarsh and actually got its start as a cottage food business in 2017.

‘Butterfinger’ comes to the Triton stage

Triton Middle School students got a chance to perform on the stage at the Triton Performing Arts Center last month as they presented “Butterfinger,” a comedy parody of James Bond written by Adam Pasen.
They first performed the play for fellow middle school students before two evenings of performances for the community.

Kindergarteners share a feast with parents

As they do every November, the Triton Elementary School kindergarten classes spent some time in November learning about the first Thanksgiving. And before the holiday break, they went to the cafeteria where they enjoyed their own Thanksgiving “feast.”
Parents provide the food for the feast each year, which this year included popcorn, buns, beef jerky and fruit salad.

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