Byron News

If there is such a thing as judgment day for schools in Minnesota, it was Tuesday, when the results of this year's MCA-II tests were released.

The door was open to Gary Thompson's office Tuesday afternoon, the last day he would be in the office of Dodge County sheriff.

As Dave Kooistra, his wife Fran and their three children paced through the north entryway of Rochesterfest, a large navy blue trailer with bold yellow lettering caught their eyes.

For 90 seconds on each of three mornings last week, Hy-Vee grocery stores in Rochester were looted.

BYRON On Monday afternoon Mike Dengler was preparing his two blonde Belgian horses for a week-long trek across southeast Minnesota.

When a donor family challenged Byron High School students to match its $1,000 donation to a fund for a fellow student with cancer, students took the challenge to heart.

Byron boys golf coach Mike Nelson remembers the first swing Dominic Kieffer took as a varsity golfer.

The first time was the charm for the marathon winners in the 14th annual Rochester YMCA Med-City Marathon and Relays.

Byron High School will host 105 graduates for commencement at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The valedictorians are Courtney Benson, Marie Kuhlmann and Jillian Silhasek.

The 51st annual rabies vaccination clinic in Olmsted County for dogs, cats and ferrets will be June 10.

Chuck Engle is passionate about running marathons. If you don't believe it, look at the tattoo on his calf.

When Henry Biar is running in Sunday's Med-City Marathon, he will no doubt be praying for a good finish.

With all the competing marathons this year, it was speculated that numbers for Sunday's 14th annual Rochester YMCA Med-City Relays and Marathon would be considerably down, but that isn't the case.

BYRON A 16-year-old driver lost control of his car on Olmsted County Road 105 Saturday afternoon and ended up in the Middle Fork of the Zumbro River.

OK, let's get this straight right now: Jeff Kiger is not the Answer Man. I traded messages with Kevin Molloy of Titan Ventures this week, asking for information, and he said this: "You've shattered an illusion I had -- I always figured that Jeff Kiger was the Answer Man and now I find out it's you." I've been called many things over the years, but ...

Jessica List and Brent Ehrhardt of Rochester, a daughter. Erich and Kara Firzlaff of Elgin, a daughter.

The violence and disorder at Rochester's Westfire Grille had become too much for city council members to stand.

Six people are under arrest after a block party near the University of Minnesota campus led to Minneapolis police in riot gear subduing the crowd with tear gas.

Thousands of people in southeastern Minnesota lost electricity for a short time this afternoon.

Last week, Byron High School students in Derrick Hintz's Intro to Engineering class were asked to create a cardboard chair using only two sheets of cardboard.