Dodge Center News

KASSON -- The memorial service for Brian Gene Wutschke will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Highway 56 & 410 S.W. 3rd Ave., in Dodge Center, with Pastor Thomas Bentley officiating.

When Parul Mishra dared to enter an IBM Toastmasters Club speech contest, her inner voice jeered at her.

Rose and Steve Gerdes of Rochester, a son. Monday, June 22, 2009 Michelle Huennekens and Darin Bale of Rochester, a daughter.

In past editorials, we've expressed some skepticism concerning online K-12 education.

  A 19-year-old Dodge Center man was placed on five years' probation and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service for crimes stemming from an incident in which he waved a knife at a group of people outside the Rochester Recreation Center last August.

Students in the Austin area now have one career training opportunity that may be recession-proof. Riverland Community College is launching its two-year Wind Turbine Technician program this fall semester at its Albert Lea campus, making it only the second institution in the state to offer the training.

If U.S. Highway 14 eventually expands to four lanes east to Dodge Center, a new interchange would be built at County Road 43 and a dangerous railroad intersection could be closed if CR 43 is realigned.

Battle lines seem to be hardening over a proposed Rochester rail bypass. An open forum, sponsored by an opposition group, Citizens Against Rochester's Bypass, filled a 525-seat auditorium at Stewartville High School on Thursday night.

Though there is a plethora of factors school administrators can control when it comes to the safety of their students, there are a number they cannot.

When the final bell rings signifying the end of the school year, three southeastern Minnesota schools will be closing their doors for good.

A family is without a home tonight after a fire destroyed their house in West Concord this afternoon.

A bill that would have required the Minnesota Department of Transportation to finish Environmental Impact States along Highway 14 in southern Minnesota - one from Owatonna to Dodge Center, a second from New Ulm to North Mankato - was vetoed Wednesday by Gov.

Freight hauling, not high-speed passenger service, is the main expressed purpose for a proposed Rochester-area railroad bypass.

The leaders of several southeastern Minnesota cities on Thursday afternoon called for Gov.

How would you feel if your teenager drove a $250,000 car to school? One day a year, students in Dodge Center get to indulge themselves and do just that.

Henslin-Hardy Couple: Josh Henslin and Katie Hardy Parents: Tom and Dawna Henslin of Dodge Center, and Tim and Mindy Hardy of Willmar, Minn.

A Dodge Center man was critically injured when his motorcycle collided with a van Monday afternoon.

This morning local leaders announced their plans to seek state and federal money for a proposed 325 million dollar rail line through southern Minnesota.

Top state officials, including Congressman Tim Walz, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Gov.

The proposed corridor would first and foremost address freight rail needs, and is one of several corridor options for high-speed passenger service that will be studied in the coming years.