Avera, Sanford release most popular baby names from 2025

MARSHALL — Liam and Emma were many people’s top picks for baby names over the past year, according to area hospitals. Other popular names for babies born in 2025 included Lainey and Noah. This week, both the Avera Health and Sanford Health systems each released the top five most popular names for boys and girls born at their hospitals over the past year. While there was some overlap in popular names across the two hospital systems, at the local level Avera Marshall’s top baby names showed some different trends. At Avera Marshall, the top five names for baby boys were Bennett, ...

Marshall makes statement in home opener vs. TCU

Marshall girls bounce back with big win over TCU

No. 3 Marshall 83, TCU 41 MONTGOMERY — The Marshall girls basketball bounced back from a Thursday loss with a dominant Big South Conference ...

Guetter’s near-triple-double boosts Wabasso past SE

Marshall boys fall to LDC 9-1 on the road

Minnesota politicians face belt-tightening decisions

The State of Minnesota’s November Budget and Economic Forecast was released last week. According to the Minnesota Management and Budget, the budget for fiscal year ...

Support local retailers

Christmas is just weeks away and millions of Americans will be perusing for bargains at their favorite retailers. For those of us who have chosen ...

Give thanks for the food on community tables

Lyon Co. board should have addressed nuclear waste storage issue

Challenging the ‘single story’ of Somali immigrants

To the editor: When President Trump labeled Somali immigrants “garbage,” he weaponized presidential power to diminish an entire community. As novelist ...

It’s the seriousness of the charge

To the editor: That was the battle cry of the Democrats whenever a non-Democrat was “allegedly” accused of a misspeak, misstep or ...

Trump faces karma

Somali Americans enrich our community

Country School Kids – Lois Paine Widmark – WWII service in the WAVES

We have been learning about Ivanhoe’s Lois Paine Widmark and her early life in western South Dakota and how the Great Depression and Dust Bowl drove her family ...

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Somalian residents should be respected as true Americans

Deployed soldiers ‘not forgotten’

I believe in, and love this job’

A life at the library

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Ronald “Ron” J. Wertish

REDWOOD FALLS—Ronald “Ron” J. Wertish, 75, of Redwood Falls, MN, died on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, surrounded by his family in Redwood Falls. Mass of ...

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