Dodge Center News

It's been a bumpy road for folks in southeast Minnesota anxious to see the Highway 14 expansion projected completed, and once again the project has been inexplicably detoured.

"Step ... step ... step," called out the firefighter in the middle. A team of firefighters inched their way closer to a ball of flames artificially produced for a training exercise Saturday morning in the parking lot at Mantor Field.

The theft of a tombstone display designed to raise awareness of domestic violence won't silence the voices of the victims.

Rodney Lavergne Armour, 78, of Waite Park, MN, died Oct. 18, 2009. Rodney was born July 26, 1931, to the late Myron L. and Orma Armour in Rochester, MN.

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Nearly three months ago, the Claremont City Council took what probably has become an all-too-common step across much of Minnesota: It voted to terminate its contract with the Dodge County Sheriff's Department, which had been providing law enforcement patrol services for the small community between Dodge Center and Owatonna.

Last year, 21 women and seven children died from domestic violence in Minnesota.

Andy Romaniuk is slowing down. Once the Speedy Gonzales of walkers, he's 81, has recovered from cancer and has a stent in his heart.

A 23-year-old Dodge Center man was killed on a stretch of highway 14 between Dodge Center and Owatonna.

Two young men were killed in separate vehicle accidents in rural Minnesota on Sunday.

A 23-year-old Dodge Center man was killed Sunday in a head-on collision on U.S. 14 just west of Dodge Center.

At least one person is dead following a head-on collision between a car and a semi in Southern Minnesota.

Is the air near your child's school toxic? According to a USA Today study published late last year, the answer could be yes, but now some say that report is flawed.

Before football practice on Friday, Triton seventh-grade students Alex Finne and Dakota Hester got a sneak peek at their new school.

Wildlife artist Jim Killen of Owatonna is well known for his work on a national level.

In today's market, Southwest Native American jewelry is highly collectible. Though the trade in jewelry began with simple bartering, in the 19th century, when Mexicans and Navajos traded jewelry for horses, bartering turned into a business.

Just as they did on the day her boyfriend was shot to death by an Owatonna police officer, friends, not authorities, called Kristine Blanck of Rochester on Monday to let her know something had happened.

Just as they did on the day her boyfriend was shot to death by an Owatonna police officer, friends, not authorities, called Kristine Blanck of Rochester on Monday to let her know something had happened.

Sandy Spaulding raises Suri alpacas on a 26-acre farm in Dodge Center. She has 24 of the long-necked, thick-coated animals, which belong to the camelid family and originate in the Andes Mountains of South America.

Just as they did on the day her boyfriend was shot to death by an Owatonna police officer, friends, not authorities, called Kristine Blanck of Rochester on Monday to let her know something had happened.