MARSHALL — Ilene Merritt said she’s always been a person who likes to stay busy. And staying active is something that’s served her well. Merritt is 99, and will be 100 in April. “I didn’t plan on it. But it just happened,” she said. “It’s been a good life.” Merritt, a ...
NEW ULM — Rebecca Zitzmann Booker laughs when she talks about how she joined the U.S. Army 30 years ago. “It’s crazy,” Booker said. “I went to a Army recruiter with a friend in Dallas after graduating from Minnesota State University, Mankato. I listened to the recruiter talk to my ...
MARSHALL — A 33-year-old Tracy man was cited for operating an unregistered motor vehicle at 1:36 p.m. Monday on the 1200 block of East College Drive, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Department said. MARSHALL — A report is pending on a hit-and-run reported at 10:54 a.m. Monday on the 600 block ...
MARSHALL — Everything was ready for Lyon County Heart to Heart to help make people’s holidays brighter. Wrapped presents were stacked on tables, and an assembly line of food boxes was set up. The only difference was the location. With the National Guard Armory in Marshall under ...
MARSHALL — Fall and winter conditions create stark, ghostly imagery for cemeteries, but Doug Ohman sees them in a different light. Ohman — a photographer, historian, and storyteller — spoke this fall at Marshall’s Adult Community Center about his hobby of walking cemeteries. He looks ...
Photo by Samantha Davis Santa visited with kids in between the Southwest Minnesota State University womens and mens’ basketball games Saturday afternoon at the R/A Facility. A large line of eager children waited their turn to talk with Santa and take photos. Both teams defeated University ...