Mantorville News

Robert "Bob" Alberts, 67, of Mantorville, died Saturday at his home. Ranfranz & Vine Funeral Homes, Rochester.

"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.

It'll be a consistent section powerhouse against an up-and-comer when La Crescent and Kasson-Mantorville square off in the championship game of the Section One, Class A tournament Friday night at the Rochester Regional Sports Stadium.

MANTORVILLE The premeditated first-degree murder trial of Danny Ortega Jr., 22, of Claremont is set to begin Nov.

The House Capital Investment Committee, has a tough job ahead of them as they pick projects in Southern Minnesota to fund.

KASSON -- Kasson-Mantorville showed its strength Friday night and did it against one of the top football teams in the Hiawatha Valley League.

It was K-M's first conference loss and now Stewartville, K-M and Byron all share the lead at 9-1. Julie Rainey starred with 12 ace serves, 18 kills and 20 digs for Stewartville.

The Funkeys, a Minneapolis-based dueling pianos duo, will blend music and comedy, as well as fun and fundraising, during a performance Saturday in Kasson.

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.

Volleyball * Kasson-Mantorville dropped the first game and then bounced back to beat Zumbrota-Mazeppa 3-1 in a Hiawatha Valley League makeup match Saturday.

K-M 44, STEWARTVILLE 7 Paradise had 3 TD catches Kasson-Mantorville did all the passing it needed to do in the first quarter as quarterback Bryan Ripley connected with Chris Paradise for three long touchdowns.

The KoMets from Kasson-Mantorville are blowing up the rankings with impressive wins.

Trevor Distad and Allysa Evans took to their lab tables Wednesday morning, shuffled Petri dishes and used a black light to scan bacteria inside the small cylinders.

Three of the top four teams in class AAA are stepping outside of their section to take on traditionally some of the best teams in the state.

The 44th-annual Marigold Days is going on today and tomorrow in Mantorville. The annual festival is a celebration of the town and is filled with flea market stands, food vendors, and a few musical acts.

Rob Chemberlin got a rise out of his students on Thursday when he asked them to give their own analysis of American culture following a lesson on world history.

At least three cases of the H1N1 flu virus are confirmed in a local school district.

With Rochester's public schools facing $5 million in budget cuts for the 2010-11 school year, we're pleased to see that a serious effort is under way to identify cost-saving measures at the city's three public high schools.

Three months after Brian and Melissa Gregg got married they went through what the Rochester couple calls "Relationship: 101" -- learning to ride a tandem bicycle.

Cyclists riding tandem will converge on Rochester this weekend for a 4-day rally.