MARSHALL — With higher health and human services costs on the horizon for next year, Lyon County Commissioners need to get an early start thinking about the 2027 budget, Administrator Loren Stomberg said this week. At Tuesday’s county board meeting, Stomberg said possible options facing ...
MARSHALL — Funding cuts mean a tenant at the Lyon County Government Center is requesting a smaller office space. This week, Lyon County Commissioners approved a lease renewal for the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development office on the third floor of the Government ...
This weekend will be full of pageantry, motorcyclists and festivities. Cottonwood's Coming Home Days and Wilder Pageant in Walnut Grove run throughout the weekend, while the annual motorcycle run headed by charity organization Forever Jen in Arco takes place on Saturday. Coming Home Days ...
WALNUT GROVE — For 27 years, Matt Coleman has played a part in the Walnut Grove Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant and has no plans in stopping. And all these years later, the Marshall resident claims everybody involved in the pageant as family. It started in 1998 when he took his children to ...
MARSHALL — Starting next year, more of the cost burden for programs like SNAP and assisted living support will be shifted down onto Minnesota counties, Southwest Health and Human Services Director Stacey Timm said. Timm said the cost pressure raises serious questions when it comes to ...
TRACY — At the end of the day, people's love for each other is what makes good happen in the world. That's the message local freelance filmmaker and Southwest Minnesota State University alumni Tahj’ee Smith wants to convey in his documentary about local volunteer organization Help Tuck Them ...