Dassel, MN

The Litchfield Rescue Squad calendar sweepstakes winners this week include: Angie Desens, Jan Madden and Michael Buller – all of Litchfield, Steve Steuck of Dassel and Bob Pace of St. Cloud. Each of them will receive $20 from the Litchfield Rescue Squad.

The Litchfield City Council heard a presentation Monday evening from Matt Kadelbach – president of the Litchfield Fire Department Relief Association. The Council voted in favor of a request from the Relief Association to increase the per-years of service upon retirement amount from $2400 to $3400. Mayor Ron Dingmann says the Relief Association has $1.2-million ... Read more

The Meeker County Board of Commissioners had a visit from Dassel Mayor Bob Lalone and City Administrator Renee Eckerly regarding the law enforcement contract with the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office. A law enforcement contract extension came up later in the meeting on the Board’s agenda. Meeker County Sheriff Brian Cruze says negotiations on a new ... Read more

The Litchfield City Council had a visit last night from Dassel City officials regarding the possibility of contracting with the Litchfield Police Department for police coverage in the future. No decision was made regarding the law enforcement request last night. Dassel Mayor Bob Lalone told the Council that they are looking at alternatives as they ... Read more

Saturday, four teams will battle for a shot at reaching the Section finals, while STMA opens its AAAAAA playoffs against Woodbury on Friday night. Earlier this week in the quarterfinals of Sections, Dassel-Cokato, Delano, and Howard Lake WW advanced to their section semifinals, while Maple Lake, Rockford and Buffalo saw their season’s come to an […]

Monday, October 26th. Volleyball. (Sections).  5AA 1st Round. Dassel-Cokato 3, Maranatha 1. The Chargers won, but it wasn’t easy as they outscored the Mustangs, 99-91 in the win. Rockford 3, North 0. The Rockets breezed past the Polars by a combined score of 75-24. Tuesday, October 27th. Football. (Sections.) Section 6AAAAA Quarterfinals. #4 Park Center […]

The Rainbow Singers will have a special 50th anniversary fall concert on November 8th from 3-to-4:30 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in Litchfield. The group was started in 1976. Robbie Brown says the group of local women who enjoyed singing called themselves the Eden Valley Choralaires when they began and the group has included women from Dassel to Grove City and Eden Valley to Litchfield over the years with various directors, including the current director Aubrey Lindquist. She says the group re

(KNSI) - A 16-year-old from rural Dassel was flown to a Twin Cities hospital after investigators say a dropped shotgun went off during a duck hunt on ...

The Meeker County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its investigation into a medical incident that resulted in the death of a Watertown man at a boat landing on Lake Washington south of Dassel. Officials say deputies were called to the boat access around 1:20 PM on Monday, where a man and his wife had been working […]

Meeker County authorities are investigating the death of a man at the Lake Washington boat landing near Dassel on Monday. Continue reading…