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Fire destroys Clarkfield home

CLARKFIELD — A house fire destroyed a residence in Clarkfield on Saturday afternoon, the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office said. The occupants of the residence, as well as pets, were able to get out without injury, the Sheriff’s Office said. The fire is under investigation by the Minnesota State Fire Marshal’s Office. Yellow Medicine County dispatch received a call of a house fire around 12:49 p.m. Saturday. On arrival in Clarkfield, the Sheriff’s Office and the Clarkfield Fire Department found the residence fully engulfed in flames, the Sheriff’s Office said. ...

Zimmerman pretrial hearing delayed until March

NEW ULM — The omnibus pretrial hearing for Randy Zimmerman for the first-degree murder of Justin Reinarts and Tabitha Trescott was pushed back to March 16. The hearing was delayed on request from Zimmerman’s defense team. Lead Defense Attorney Greg Handevidt informed Judge Robert Docherty that the defense had not completed discovery and requested a 30-day extension of the omnibus hearing to complete information gathering before the trial. The extension was granted. Zimmerman is charged with two counts of premeditated murder in the first degree, two counts of felony murder in ...

Marshall CTE continuing to provide students with career exposures

MARSHALL — Career and Technical Education (CTE) opportunities continue to be a growing demand amongst high schools to help further expose students to different career fields with hands-on and professional experience. The Marshall Public School District continues to see positive growth in its ...

Wollum to run for MN Senate

PORTER — A Lincoln County resident and farmer plans to run for Minnesota state Senate, in Sen. Bill Weber’s district. Krist Wollum, a grain and cattle farmer from rural Porter and the legislative chair of the Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association, announced this week that he will ...

Balaton EDA approves terms for liquor store loan

BALATON — The Balaton Economic Development Authority will be stepping forward to try and help keep the city’s municipal liquor store open. Monday night, the EDA board approved terms for a $30,000 loan to the city of Balaton for the Balaton Liquor Store. The terms set by the EDA board included a 3% interest rate for the loan, with the liquor store building as collateral. During Monday's meeting, board members also said that if the liquor store uses its remaining funds and has to dip into the $30,000 from the loan, it will trigger a special meeting with the Balaton City Council to ...

Fire destroys Clarkfield home

CLARKFIELD — A house fire destroyed a residence in Clarkfield on Saturday afternoon, the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office said. The occupants of the residence, as well as pets, were able to get out without injury, the Sheriff’s Office said. The fire is under investigation by the Minnesota State Fire Marshal’s Office. Yellow Medicine County dispatch received a call of a house fire around 12:49 p.m. Saturday. On arrival in Clarkfield, the Sheriff’s Office and the Clarkfield Fire Department found the residence fully engulfed in flames, the Sheriff’s Office said. ...