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Members of Boy Scout Troop 58 of West Concord executed the opening and closing flag programs during a Game Haven Council annual Merit Badge Fair, held March 17 at Willow Creek Elementary School in Rochester.
The Scouts constructed a free-standing flag pole, utilizing their skills in knots and...
Dozens of bundled-up youngsters braved c-c-c-cold weather during the Mantorville Chamber of Commerce’ annual Easter Egg Hunt on March 31 in Riverside Park.
They were broken up into age groups including 3 and under, 4-5, and 6 and up. And they went at it, despite temperatures in the upper 20s.
“I...
It has been nearly 32 years since a steam explosion and fires released part of the radioactive reactor core into the atmosphere from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Russia.
The area won’t be suitable for human life for at least 20,000 years, according to livescience.com.
But trees and wildlife...
Court documents filed against Lois Riess for allegedly stealing money from her husband’s bank accounts indicates that David Riess likely died on Wednesday, March 21, two days before his body was found at their home outside of Blooming Prairie.
In the complaint filed on Tuesday in Dodge County...
The suspect in last week’s murder outside of Blooming Prairie has been charged with stealing money from the victim after his death.
Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Lois Ann Riess, 56, of Blooming Prairie. She is accused of transferring and stealing money from her husband David’s...
Kasson-Mantorville Elementary School students got plenty of exercise and helped raise money on March 22 during a Boosterthon ‘Glow Run’ at the school.
The event, sponsored by the K-M Parent Teacher Association, had the youngsters racing at top speed in a circle and through a large inflatable tunnel...
You walk into Leashes and Leads, the “pet resort” and animal supplies store on Byron’s east edge, and you think, “Wow.”
That’s the typical reaction for first-time visitors, said Kevin McClure, operations director of the large facility, which opened in 2008.
It’s animal central, with boarding,...
Southeast Minnesotans expected an apocalyptic early-spring blizzard this past Saturday.
Estimates ranged from three to six to nine inches of snow, maybe more.
So folks involved with the 20th-annual Dodge County Expo were pleased that it only snowed … not at all.
“The weather turned out in our favor...
The murder of a man found shot to death at a rural Blooming Prairie home has prompted a statewide manhunt for his 56-year-old wife and her vehicle.
On Monday afternoon, Dodge County Sheriff Scott Rose said the Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as David...
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man killed in a single vehicle crash north of Mantorville Friday.
The sheriff’s office says Daniel Escalera, 48, of rural Mantorville died when his vehicle left the roadway and rolled over around 10:30 a.m. Friday. Escalera was ejected from the...
