SMSU announces 2025 football schedule
Hard-hitting Mustangs prep for weekend series against CSP
ST. PAUL — Through its first 16 conference games, the Southwest Minnesota State University baseball team is sitting in second place in the ...
A proper send-off for retiring county dispatcher
Mary Gislason retired on March 25 after 43 years of service as an emergency dispatcher in Lyon County. Appropriately, members of the Lyon County Sheriff Department ...
Volunteers making a difference by organizing fairs and summer festivals
In an interview with Independent Editor Mike Lamb, longtime Wabasso Lions Club member Dean Fischer says he lives by many mottos. There is one, ...
What makes America great?
To the editor: The World Book Dictionary” lists thirteen possible definitions for the word “great”. The adjective can describe size, quantity, importance, ...
When will dictators suffer the consequences?
To the editor: In my search for the meaning of life I began to identify as a borderline atheist but thanks to the edicts handed down by Donald ...
With sunnier days ahead, be aware of skin cancer risk
The warm sunshine of spring is a welcome change from the cold and brutal winds of winter in the Upper Midwest. However, with more time outside comes greater exposure ...
