COTTONWOOD — The Lakeview Public School district is holding a special election on Tuesday for a capital project technology levy referendum, that would bring in $250,000 annually up to 10 years to maintain technology infrastructure, security and Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. ...

MARSHALL — Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday – and in addition to setting the clocks back an hour, it might be a good time to test your smoke alarm, the American Red Cross said. This week, the Red Cross encouraged Minnesotans to check their smoke alarms, and change the batteries if ...

MARSHALL — Over 700 area students from 18 surrounding school districts came together for a day of creative fun at the 32nd annual Southwest West Central Service Cooperative (SWWC) Conference for Young Artists on Wednesday at Southwest Minnesota State University. Students spent the day, ...

MARSHALL — The city of Marshall is looking at making a change to how it collects local lodging sales taxes. Having the state of Minnesota collect the taxes could help improve transparency for short-term rentals like Airbnb or Vrbo rentals, city staff said. “The state has more ability ...

MARSHALL — A new approach to repair sewer lines in parts of the city was on the Marshall City Council agenda on Tuesday. The council approved an engineering proposal for a project to install cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) lining on some city sewer mains. “We’ve been working as a staff, the ...

MARSHALL — Starting next week, a group of three electric providers will be holding public meetings about a proposed new 765-kilovolt transmission line project. The new power line project would run through southwest and southern Minnesota, connecting a substation near Brookings, S.D., with ...