MARSHALL — A pair of Marshall High School junior marching band students have been selected to join the Bands of America Honor Band to take on the streets of Pasadena, California, for this year’s 137th annual Rose Parade. Mickensy Monsen and Christian Ramirez will travel to the West Coast ...

WESTBROOK — One person is dead after a structure fire reported in rural Westbrook over the weekend, the Cottonwood County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. The Sheriff’s Office said Lance Richard Larson, 36, was pronounced dead at the fire scene. The incident is under investigation, ...

FAIRMONT — A house fire on South Park Street in Fairmont claimed the life of one 43-year-old man on Monday night. According to Captain Mike Beletti of the Fairmont Police Department, Fairmont Fire, Mayo Ambulance and Fairmont Police were all dispatched just before 5 p.m. to the 300 block of ...

HANLEY FALLS — A Willmar woman was injured in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday evening on Minnesota Highway 23 near Hanley Falls, the Minnesota State Patrol said. The crash was reported at 6:35 p.m. on Highway 23 in Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine County. A 2006 Freightliner box truck driven ...

MARSHALL — Continuing the tradition of recognizing collaboration and academic excellence, Southwest Minnesota State University held its annual Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) on Wednesday. This year’s event marked a special milestone, being the conference’s 20th anniversary of ...

MARSHALL — Lyon County Commissioners will be taking a look at where to make budget cuts, after being faced with an unusually high levy increase for 2026. At Tuesday night’s “Truth in Taxation” meeting, commissioners said they would hold a meeting Dec. 23 for the purposes of discussing ...