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Klobuchar, Demuth pledge to boost housing construction

Minnesota News September 5, 2026

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and House Speaker Lisa Demuth, two candidates running for Minnesota governor in November, broadly agree that the state needs to build more homes to increase supply and slow rising costs. In-back-to-back interviews with KARE 11 on Wednesday at the Minnesota State Fair, Klobuchar and Demuth said addressing rising rents and mortgages is a top concern and agreed that the state has too many regulations that are stymieing the construction of more homes. Klobuchar said the red tape around construction was what was hurting housing supply, while Demuth took aim at ...

Murray County to examine jail needs

Local News September 4, 2026

SLAYTON — With the cost of housing inmates at the Lyon County Jail set to increase in the next couple of years, Murray County officials are looking for possible alternatives in the future. At this week’s Murray County Commissioner meeting, commissioners voted to have a building committee do an assessment of correctional facilities needs in the county. On Friday, Murray County Sheriff Heath Landsman said the committee could look at the feasibility of different potential options, including whether to build a correctional facility in Murray County, or possibly whether to try and ...

Habitat home takes shape

Local News September 4, 2026

MARSHALL — Construction of a new Habitat for Humanity home in Marshall has made rapid progress over the past couple of weeks. The house’s exterior walls and roof of the building are now in place, and Habitat representatives would also be looking at landscaping options soon, said Kayla ...

ICE officer pleads not guilty to lying about shooting and is ordered released from custody

National News September 4, 2026

McALLEN, Texas — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was ordered released from federal custody Friday after pleading not guilty to lying to investigators about the circumstances that led to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minnesota immigration crackdown last winter. The federal indictment accuses Christian Castro of falsely telling investigators that he was attacked with a broom and shovel before he opened fire, injuring Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in January. Castro was shackled at his wrists, waist and feet during a brief hearing in the federal court in ...

Crime

News of Record September 4, 2026

MARSHALL — A report is pending on bicycle theft at 6:15 p.m. Thursday on the 1300 block of Peterson Street, Marshall Police said. GARVIN — A report is pending on identity theft at 5:19 p.m. Thursday on the 300 block of Grant Street, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said. COTTONWOOD — A 71-year-old man was arrested for fleeing law enforcement in a motor vehicle, at 3:23 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of 340th Street and Minnesota Highway 23, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said. MARSHALL — A Marshall woman, 27, was cited for not having a valid Minnesota ...

Tafoya reports assets totaling $10.7M to $37.9M

Minnesota News September 4, 2026

When Michele Tafoya said Americans could handle higher gas prices caused by the war in Iran with a “stiff upper lip” and “one less trip to Starbucks,” she likely wasn’t talking about herself. The retired sportscaster and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate has assets worth between $10.7 million and $37.9 million, according to her financial disclosure, putting her near or in the top 1% of wealthiest Americans. Conventional wisdom says an electorate deeply concerned about the cost of living doesn’t want to be told by a multimillionaire to buck up and buy fewer lattes — ...