Covered Bridge Volunteer Appreciation

 We are so grateful to all our volunteers and I wanted to present a proclamation at our next council meeting for the hard work that was preformed in protecting our covered bridge.

Congressman Hagedorn passes away

 I was informed last night that Congressman Jim Hagedorn has passed away. Congressman Hagedorn had been battling cancer and had a kidney removed. The City will lower our flags to half mass in honor of our congressman.

Please keep Jenifer Carnahan and the rest of Jim's family in your thoughts and prayers over the next few days.

Hubble House closes for three months

 The Historic Hubble House in the news again.

Joe Powers is taking over the Mantorville Hubble House and KTTC covered with this story:

Hubble House Reno 

Second Brush Pick-up

 After the storm yesterday, many residents have trees and brush to get rid of.

The City of Mantorville will be doing a city wide brush pickup next week up until Wednesday. Starting Monday residents can place brush along curb-side and the city crews will be by to pick up that brush and take to our brush dump.

KoMets Football Day Proclamed

 During the November 22 City Council meeting I presented the Kasson Mantorville KoMets with a proclamation declaring November 26 (Day of the State Championship game) as "KoMets Football Day". The coaches brought the entire team over to our chamber after practice. I wanted to share a picture that was taken last night as well as the proclamation which was presented to the team.

GO KOMETS!

 

Semi-final Game Highlights

 Game Highlights from the semi-final game launching the KM FB team to the championship game.

Game Highlights

Field of Flags

 The annual Field of Flags will be presented this year on September 11,2021 at 1:00 pm, To register for this event you can find the form here. Forms

Marigold Days Events

Flags at Half Staff

 The two Flags at City Hall and Riverside Park have been lowered to half staff in memory of the 13 soldiers lost this week due to Islamic terrorist in Afghanistan. We will keep the brave men and women in our thoughts and prays during the next few days and weeks.

Mantorville Highlighted

In the first of a series of tour Minnesota articles that the Mantorville EDA is promoting, the first "experience" is being presented online this month. The write-up can be found at the link: Expedition Kristen. Every few months a new "Experience" will be presented by a different influencer, Each influencer has hundreds of followers looking for ideas to explore Minnesota. The EDA hopes this will draw attention to our community and promote tourism.

National Night Out (LIVE EVENT)

 Come out IN-PERSON tomorrow Tuesday Aug 3rd 2021 for our Annual "National Night Out". There will be food and drink sponsored by the City of Mantorville. The event will be held at Riverside Park between 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm. Representatives from the Mantorville Fire Department, Economic Development and City Council will be on site. The Dodge County Sheriff's Office also normally makes an appearance, so this is a great opportunity to catch up with community leaders in a fun environment.

Join u tomarrow niught to catch up with your neigbors and just have some fun.

Hope to see you there

Did I mention this is a LIVE event :-)

Council Retirement Party

The Mantorville Fire Department, the City Council and Don Hofstad's family organized a retirement party to celebrate his service to the community. The celebration was held at the Fire Hall and I have included the plaque that was awarded at the City Council meeting as well as the cake from the party.

Council Member Hofstad Resigns

 Don Hofstad resigned at tonight;s meeting. His resignation will be effective June 30, 2021. Don served as my deputy mayor and was also an active member of the Mantorville Fire Department. His insight dedication and commitment to our community will be greatly missed. I presented a engraved plaque and a certificate of appreciation to Don and I wanted to post the certificate on my blog.  Thanks for your time effort and dedication Don, we hope you can help out again in the near future.

Mantorville in the News

 While the rain on Saturday placed a hamper on Rochester-fest, Mantorville soldiered on. The miniature horse drawn carriage did call it quits a few hours early but the rest of the events continued on in true Mantorville fashion. Two of the local news stations came out and covered our event. Both stations had very nice articles that aired this weekend and are available on-line for those that didn't get a chance to see them. I have placed link to both articles below. I hope you enjoy them:

Channel 3 KIMT - Samantha Soto KIMT - SCD, Samantha Soto
and
Channel 6  KAAL - Devin Martin KAAL - SCD, Devin Martin

Even more events to come yet this summer!

Events for 2021 SCD

 Next weekend June 25th to June 27th Mantorville's "Stage Coach Days" is happening and it is a LIVE event! Please come out and reconnect with your neighbors during this in-person event. Some of the activities already planned are: 

Friday: 

Melodrama at the Mantorville Theater begins at 7 p.m.

Red Dirt Road at the Mantorville Saloon 8:30 p.m. to 1230 a.m. $10 tickets in advance, $15 at the door. $5 of the ticket will go toward the Gold Star Family Veteran Memorial

Saturday: 

Plein Air Art Contest begins at 10 a.m. until sundown; judging will be Sunday. Sponsored by the Mantorville Art Guild.

Fiddle Contest Begins at noon. There are at least 8 participants as of last week; may have had some more register since then.

Bean Bag Contest at the Saloon begins at 1 p.m. Must be 21 to participate.

Melodrama at the Mantorville Theatre begins at 7 p.m.

Sunday

Plein Air Art Contest art is due to the Art Guild at 10 a.m. reception and award ceremony is at 1 p.m.

Purse BINGO at the Saloon begins at 1 p.m.

There will also be some vendors set up, and some food trucks will also be around town. 

Have a great weekend.