Gordy Kosfeld’s Blog

The Kenyon-Wanamingo girls basketball team had about a three-minute stretch in Friday's game where they didn't score and their defense didn't get stops. That translated into a Rochester Lourdes 67-61 win, but Knights head coach Brent Lurken couldn't be prouder of his team...

For the second consecutive year, Mankato is the highest-ranked Minnesota town on the SmartAsset website's list of best hockey towns in America. The study ranked 118 cities with men's Division I hockey teams or members of the National Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League or the American Hockey League and used criteria including fan intensity and quality of life measures including median income a

I had a visit recently with Dan Ruiter, information officer for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, about assisting us in getting some guests for a locally produced outdoors show. We've got an exciting list of topics I believe, and the first show Friday will feature Big Woods State Park, which is right in the middle of the KDHL listening area...

Later today the National Baseball Hall of Fame announces its class of 2017. Individuals were selected in a vote last month by the eligible members of the Baseball Writer's Association of America. As many as six candidates could be elected...

Brent Getzler of Roosevelt, Minn., is the state record holder for the largest eelpout. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says Getzler caught the mammoth 19 pound, 9 ounce, eelpout in the Minnesota waters of Lake of the Woods. The fish measures 33 inches long and had a belly full of girth at 23 7/8 inches...

I grew up with my bamboo fishing pole sitting along the banks of Spring Valley Creek and biking several miles outside of town to do trout fishing in Fillmore County. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced today new special angling regulations that effectively allow trout fishing all year long in that area of the state...

Renee Morris, office director for Camp Omega in rural Morristown, contacted me this morning reporting a kitten has been living in her office and they would love to find it a home. Morris says as they were leaving work they saw her huddled among some leaves trying to stay warm in the bitterly cold air and she was crying...

The Minnesota Golden Gophers are in their first California Bowl game since they appeared in the Rose Bowl in 1960. Yesterday, right after I learned Minnesota was heading to sunny San Diego, I purchased my tickets at Qualcomm Stadium, home of the San Diego Chargers...

THANKSGIVING 2016 Just a poetic thanks to all KDHL listeners in 2016. For listening from January through the recent volleyball state scene.   Thanks to the Kenyon-Wanamingo Knight and Kasson-Mantorville volleyball teams. For heading to state and fulfilling many player dreams.  ...

The Minnesota Twins finished their 2016 season with a 6-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday. Byron Buxton led off the game with an inside the park homer to tease Twins fans for next year when he hopefully will take over the lead-off spot for years to come...