MARSHALL — Sleepy Eye resident Craig Dittbenner drove his pickup truck along Birch Street and parked along the curb outside the Southwest Minnesota State University dorms. Right behind his truck was his daughter, Destiny, in her white sedan. All of sudden multiple golf carts converged ...
Lorinda Coudron of Marshall (above) and Nancy Zollner of Wabasso display their winning quilts at the Lyon County Fair. Coudron's quilt was donated by Mark Schwanebeck and Zollner won the quilt square assembled by Graceful MMarilyn Quilt Store
NEW YORK (AP) — Minnesota health officials are warning consumers not to eat certain brands of alfalfa sprouts that have been tied to an unusual outbreak involving different disease-causing bacteria. Officials say 23 people in Minnesota have become ill with either E. coli or salmonella infections, with two of them hospitalized. Three had salmonella, and one of them also had a strain of E. coli bacteria called STEC O168:H8. Seven other people were sickened with a different version of E. coli, called STEC O103:H25. Thirteen more had yet another strain, STEC O26:H11. Wisconsin ...
MARSHALL — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is offering a total of $1.7 million in grants for communities dealing with the emerald ash borer. Next week, DNR representatives will be in Marshall to offer some in-person information on how local governments, nonprofits and schools can apply for the grants. An information session will be held Monday at the Marshall-Lyon County Library, the DNR said. “We know emerald ash borer affects communities across Minnesota and it can be challenging and expensive to deal with,” DNR urban and community forestry coordinator ...
MARSHALL — The seventh-inning stretch had come and gone, but the show wasn’t over on the softball diamond at Marshall’s amateur sports complex. Announcers interrupted the game between the Marshall Police and Fire Departments to call all the players out on the field for a dance-off. ...
SLAYTON — Construction is underway for new facilities for the only child care center in Murray County. Ashley Haken, a member of the Wonder World Preschool board, said concrete work on the $2.1 million project will hopefully be finished up in the next couple of weeks. The goal is to complete the project by July 2027, she said. “I think people are excited to see the progress has started,” Haken said. This week, an energy development company has also launched a matching gift campaign to support Wonder World Preschool’s new building. Invenergy, a Midwest-based energy ...
