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Eden Progressive Gophers 4-H Club Pancake Breakfast

The Eden Progressive Gophers 4-H club held a pancake breakfast Sunday at the West Concord American Legion. They served pancakes, sausages, scrambled eggs, milk, juice and coffee with desert treats …
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Dodge Center Fire Department Spaghetti Supper

The Dodge Center Fire Department held a fundraising supper last weekend. The all you can eat Spaghetti supper included garlic bread, green beans, cookies and a variety of beverages. About two hundred …

Museum Musings

It was a day in the 1950’s and my mother seemed preoccupied. As she worked, she was memorizing something and kept reciting the words all around the house. After supper she did something truly …

Triton Spotlight

Taylor Kraemer is a senior at Triton High School. Her parents are Richard and Jennifer Kraemer. She has one brother, Jackson and two sisters, Kylie and Mikayla. She is active in link crew …
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To quote philosopher Steven Wright: ‘Whenever I think about the past, it brings up so many memories.’ OK, so he wasn’t a philosopher but he was spot on with that line. My radio career took me …
I do not care for self-checkouts. I never wanted to be a cashier at Dollar General. When I go to a store I expect to be waited on. I stop at the Piggly Wiggly in town. The “Pig” was the first …
When all is said and done, it still takes time for a home purchase to close. Monica finally had a purchase agreement on a small farm: 20 acres with rolling topography and some fenced pasture, a …
Obituaries
Larry Raymond Burtis
Larry Raymond Burtis, 82, of Dodge Center, MN passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at Fairview Care Center in Dodge Center, MN. Larry was born on March 27, 1941, in Fort Dodge, IA to Cecil and …
Adeline Doris Schletty
Adeline Doris Schletty, 83, of West Concord, passed away peacefully as the result of complications from a stroke on Saturday, March 16, 2024 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. She was born April …
Bruce Melvin Schmoll
Bruce Melvin Schmoll, 70, a lifelong resident of Dodge County, MN passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on March 16, 2024. Bruce was born on August 19, 1953, in Owatonna, MN to …
Richard "Dick" Neitzel
Richard "Dick" Neitzel, 86, of Dodge Center, MN, passed away on Monday, March 4, 2024, at the Fairview Care Center in Dodge Center, where he had resided for the last two years. Richard Clarence …
Barbara Ann Meyer
Barbara Ann Meyer, 85, of Dodge Center, MN passed away on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at Fairview Care Center in Dodge Center, MN. Barbara was born on July 26, 1938, in Hayfield, MN to Bert and …
Community
Jairo Solano is a senior at Triton High School. His parents are Manuel and Antemla Solano. He has one brother, Emanuel. He is active in BPA and choir. His pastimes are video games, …
Andrew Edge is a senior at Triton High School. His parents are Angela and Joshua Edge. He has one brother, Maurice Edge and one sister Chyanne Markham. He is active in Drama, choir and Super …
Max Olson-Ramer is a senior at Triton High School. His grandparents are Tony and Candy Mulhdland. He has one sister Mallory Olson-Ramer. He is opn the Honor Society and BPA. His hobbies …
Community
Hunter Stark is a senior at Triton High School. His parents are Josh and Jen Stark. He has one sister, Hannah. He is active in Triton football and trap. Outside of school he enjoys …
Aiden Radke is a senior at Triton High School. His parents are Raelene and Travis Radke. He has three brothers, Tavan, Damion and Tristan. He is active in the Super Mileage Club at …
Dodge Center Lions are seeking nominations for Citizen of the Year. Community members may nominate someone for the honor. If you are aware of an active community volunteer, please submit a letter of …
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