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Building skills for ag

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MARSHALL — Agriculture is an industry with connections to a lot of different career paths and skills. And at the Ag Bowl Scholarship Invitational, Minnesota high school students were demonstrating those skills at the campus of Southwest Minnesota State University. “You’d never be doing ...

Torkelson won’t seek re-election

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HANSKA — After nine terms in the Minnesota Legislature, Republican District 15B Rep. Paul Torkelson of Hanska announced Friday that he will not seek re-election to the Minnesota House of Representatives in November. He will finish his current term that concludes in early January 2027, when ...

Learning about ‘Schools Long Ago’

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Photo by Dwayne Black Students at Park Side Elementary took a look back at what school time was like for kids in the past, during special classroom visits Friday. Lyon County Museum director Jennifer Andries brought in artifacts to show students, like a kitten ball — a kind of softball — ...

Welcome company featured on national TV

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WELCOME — The Whole Grain Milling Company, which has turned out a variety of grain-based products since its inception in the ‘90s, has been featured on the Fox Business Network television show “Manufacturing Marvels.” The show airs weeknights from 9:20-9:45, and features the business ...

Crime and Accidents for Jan. 31

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TRACY — A family matter was reported at 7:32 a.m. Friday on the 300 block of Seventh Street, Tracy Police said. No further information was available. MARSHALL — The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office assisted Marshall Police with a search warrant in an incident at 9:52 p.m. Thursday on the ...

Sharing the ‘Menagerie’

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MARSHALL — The artworks Oak Kelsey has on display at the Marshall Area Fine Arts Council gallery use a variety of different techniques, from collage and chalk drawing to painting with stencils. But there are some threads that tie them all together, Kelsey said Thursday. “It’s ...