Dassel‑Cokato High School has announced juniors Natalie Jones and Noah Sarff as its 2025 ExCEL Award recipients. The statewide program, Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership, is sponsored ...

Dassel-Cokato Public Schools ISD #466 invites bids for all sections for the Dassel-Cokato Middle School & High School Maintenance Drive – 2026 in Cokato, MN. The bids will be in accordance with ...

Diane Marie Freitag, 69, of Hutchinson, MN, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, at Hutchinson Health Hospital, Hutchinson, following complications from a recent illness. A time for gathering with the family ...

The Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato girls hockey team went 1-2 in recent action, getting a big victory over New Ulm Saturday that snapped an eight-game losing streak.The Charging Dragons are now 6-14 overall ...

Two people died early Monday morning following a house fire in Litchfield, according to local authorities. The Litchfield Fire Department responded to a call at 2:12 a.m. at a residence in the 400 ...

As the new year begins, the Enterprise Dispatch asked residents what they hope to see in the Dassel‑Cokato area in 2026. Dozens of community members responded on social media, offering ideas ranging ...

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, joined by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, announced Monday that the state and its two largest cities have filed a lawsuit against ...

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Pamela Kay Streich, 60, of rural Maple Lake, MN, and formerly of Cokato, MN, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, at The Glenn Memory Care Cottages in Buffalo, MN. Funeral services for Pamela Kay ...

The Dassel-Cokato School Board got a fresh start this week at the annual organizational meeting approving routine business items, electing officers, and reviewing committee assignments for the coming ...

A former employee of a Litchfield-area business has been charged with gross misdemeanor theft after allegedly admitting in text messages that he took company equipment and intended to sell it for cash ...