Wooden cross carried 1,100 miles; passes through Cokato, Dassel DASSEL-COKATO, MN - David Valderrama, 29, has carried his large wooden cross more than 1,000 miles since he first began a journey that eventually brought him through Cokato and Dassel Tuesday. Walking through the town of Dassel, Tim Aamot of Cokato temporarily carries the cross for David Valderrama. David and Tim stopped to eat at the Third Street Cafe in Dassel Tuesday, and then resumed the journey to Litchfield.
DC graduate runs for mayor of Tulsa TULSA, OK - Clay Clark, a 1999 Dassel-Cokato graduate, is running for mayor of Tulsa, OK this fall, and accredits his former teachers, Todd Smith and David Urness, for sparking his interest in politics.
DC grad wins national essay contest DASSEL-COKATO, MN - “When the last survivor passes on, who will be there to share the stories and thus make Holocaust history tangible, accessible, alive, and meaningful?” That is what Sam Kampa asked in his award-winning essay, The Stories, that won him a $10,000 scholarship and a trip to the new Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
Local artist’s pottery on display at the Dassel library DASSEL, MN – If you’ve never seen handmade pottery that’s been fired with natural ash glazes, now is your chance, with artwork by Tom Spudic of Cokato currently on display at the Dassel Public Library.
