It could have been a scene from
summers-gone-by earlier this month as vintage and classic cars, hula hoops and pin-up girls were at the Dodge Center American Legion Post.
The evening was the latest in a series of summer car shows at the Legion Post.
According to Steve Peterson of Hay-

Ever since she was a
young girl, Amy Kyllo of Byron always looked up in awe to the Princess Kay of the Milky Way, the highest honor given in the Minneso- ta dairy industry.
After last week, she doesn’t need to look up any longer as she took on the honor herself. Kyllo was crowned the 66th Princess Kay at the Minnesota State
Fair in Falcon Heights
Aug. 21.
“I was shocked. Extra, extra excited,” Kyllo said

The Women’s Shelter and Support Center (WSSC) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Artyce Thomas will join the WSSC staff as executive director, effective Aug. 26. 

Every year new vendors come to the Steele County Free Fair and this year was no exception.
Of the new vendors, four of them were from the Steele and Dodge County areas.
Carmen Dorr and Jeanette Sanford are co-owners of the Harvest Coop in Owatonna.
They were located inside the Izaak Walton Building and said this was their first time at the fair.

Labor Day Weekend is coming up, which means that the Mantorville Marigold Days are coming to town soon.
The 54 celebration will kick off on Thursday, Sept.5 with restoration and log house tours from 1-5 p.m. along with the Bell Tower Dedication at 5:30 p.m. and the Field of Flags Presentation at 6 p.m. 

The DCI has a new Sport Editor as Alex Neuhring began in his new role on Monday.
Nuehring is replacing Chris Schad, who left the paper at the end of the spring sports season.
Although this will be his first time working for the DCI full-time the Rochester native has knowledge after interning in the summer of 2017.