Fan-Favorite Acts Return for Berne Wood-Fired Pizza’s 13th Season

West Concord, MN: Berne Wood-Fired Pizza is gearing up for another great summer of mouth watering pizzas and toe-tapping tunes as it announces the return of some of its most beloved musical acts for …

West Concord Traffic Stop Turns Deadly

Sunday evening, April 14th, at approximately 7:39pm, a West Concord Police Officer was parked on Highway 56 in West Concord when a vehicle came up behind him and swerved towards him just missing …

Five Young Women Named Dairy Princesses

The Dodge County Dairy Princesses for 2024 were named at a banquet on Saturday evening April 13th.These young women will represent the dairy industry in the county for the next year. Olivia …

Dodge County Cowboy Church

The Dodge County Cowboy Church started about eight years ago when Charles Schaal was the pastor at the Congregational Church in Dodge Center. The Cowboy Church spread across the country with the …
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Obituaries
Melvin A. Edelbach, Jr.
Melvin A. Edelbach, Jr., 79 of Kellogg, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at Mayo Clinic – St. Mary’s Campus, Rochester, MN. Melvin Allan was born February 4, 1945, in Waumandee, WI to …
Gary Ewing Abrahamson
Gary Ewing Abrahamson, long time resident of Tracy, MN, passed out of this life in Apache Junction, Arizona, February 27th, 2024 at age 83. He was born in Dodge County, MN to Pearl and Dorothy …
Wynn E. Frederick
Wynn E. Frederick, 75 of Chisholm died peacefully with his family by his side on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at Heritage Manor in Chisholm. He was born June 10, 1948 in Rochester, MN, to Charles and …
Gloria Grace Alberts
Gloria Grace Alberts of Mantorville, passed away Monday, April 1, 2024 at Mayo Clinic Hospital – Saint Mary’s Campus in Rochester, Minnesota. Gloria was born April 12, 1927 to Irvin and Delilah …
Nathan John Avery
Nathan John Avery, 46, of Wanamingo, died Friday, March 29, 2024 at St. Marys Hospital as the result of a head injury. He was born December 2, 1977 in Owatonna, Minnesota the son of Mark and …
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