At the end of World War II Dr. L.B. Severance flew his 21st and final mission as a navigator on a B-17 bomber. Sixty-five years later Dr. Severance took another flight as part of a Salute to Veterans national tour.

Two Lady Big Cup Best Shots were held at the Dodge Country Club on August 21st. The front nine holes were cut for a big cup while the back nine were regular cut. Tied for first place were the mother/daughter team of Sheryl Johnson and Ashley Johnson and the team of Rita Malsom and Tiff Lamoree.

Triton Elementary School, Independent School District #2125 (Triton Public Schools), is validated as a 2010-2011 Minnesota School of Excellence.

Friends of the Kasson Library will be distributing free books to parents/preschool children as part of their grant received from the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, “Early Childhood Literacy Program.”

Student numbers up when school begins

The fact that K-M School District numbers continue to rise has spared the district of dramatic cuts other area schools have had to endure. Heading into the 2010-2011 school year K-M is expected to have 2,159 students, up 43 from the end of last year.

Dodge County Sheriff Jim Trihey recognized three individuals who helped save the life of Dr. Ross Bailey who collapsed while jogging on a Sunday morning.

Preliminary budget to be set, library bldg. committee to be formed

As a prelude to adopting a preliminary budget at the September 8 meeting Mayor Tim Tjosaas discussed briefly what the increase might be for 2011. Levy discussion will also be included with looking at the preliminary budget.

Over the past several months, weeks and days Dodge County Relay For Life teams have been coming up with different ways to raise money for the 2010 Relay For Life of Dodge County. A group of Mantorville kids found a way to raise money and they weren't the least bit interested in keeping any of that money for themselves.

Lynn and Dick Sturgis moved to Kasson in 1986 after purchasing the Ben Franklin Store (Kasson Variety today). Dick worked for IDS in Minneapolis 36 years.

July was the second hottest on record for the area and the start of August brought more heat and humidity. In July the city of Kasson used the highest amount of electricity (3.7 million KW) on record.

More than 6,100 nationwide members, advisers, alumni, and guests of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), gathered in Chicago, Illinois, July 4-8 for the 2010 National Leadership Conference.

Jodi Hill is a mother and wife. As a woman, Jodi has had to find the strength to face something in life that she never thought she would have to deal with and has had to accept the challenge of battling breast cancer.

The K-M Middle School students will have new playground equipment to use when school opens Tuesday, September 7. The district received a $15,000 grant, will use money from fundraisers and budget money to pay for the equipment. Steve Muehleis, Muehleis Concrete and Masonry, left, poured the concrete foundation for the equipment and employees from Green Tech Products of Carlisle, Iowa., above, did the installation last week.