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Lyon County commissioner call for end to nuclear moratorium

MARSHALL — This week, Lyon County Commissioners added their voices to a group of Minnesota counties trying to make future nuclear energy development possible in the state. At Tuesday’s county board meeting, commissioners voted to sign a resolution urging legislators to lift the moratorium ...

‘I wouldn’t change it’

MARSHALL — KaLea Swenson’s service with the National Guard started when she was 17. It hasn’t been an easy path since then. She balanced two overseas deployments with studying to become a Realtor, running a business and starting a family. But Swenson says she doesn’t regret ...

Missing Lynd man found safe in Hennepin County

A Lynd man reported missing in October has been located, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said. On Friday, the Sheriff’s Office received information on a possible location for Orion Charwood. Charwood had last been seen in Lynd on Oct. 16. Responders including the Sheriff’s Office, the ...

Halfway done?

MARSHALL — Construction crews hope to complete the first half of the Highway 19 reconstruction project sometime this month, a representative of R and G Construction Co. said. “We are telling people, sometime in the middle of November,” Erika Coudron of R and G said Wednesday. The ...

Lyon Co. Board hears report on gravel mapping project

MARSHALL — A state program will be looking for sources of gravel and sand in Lyon and Murray counties over the next year, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources staff said this week. This week, Lyon County commissioners heard an informational presentation about a mapping project underway ...

Lyon County approves landfill fee increase

MARSHALL — Fees for waste haulers taking trash to the Lyon County landfill will be going up in 2026, but not as much as county commissioners had anticipated. “At the annual landfill meeting (Monday), the landfill advisory committee recommended that the County Board consider a $2 per ton ...