MARSHALL — This week, Marshall City Council members approved the sale of a total $6.62 million in general obligation bonds, to finance projects ranging from street reconstruction to park improvements. In a presentation at Tuesday’s city council meeting, Mikaela Huot of municipal advisors ...

WINDOM — Five people were killed and eight injured in a head-on crash Friday in Cottonwood County, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. The crash involved a 2016 GMC Terrain and a 2019 Ford Transit Van carrying 12 passengers. The crash was reported at 4:42 p.m. near the intersection ...

MARSHALL — Putting together an initiative to help give computer science students field experience to elevate their future careers, Southwest Minnesota State University alum Bityana Yishak and Tesfatsion Desta hosted a 12-hour Hackathon event on Saturday for area students. This was ...

MARSHALL — Southwest Minnesota residents experienced record-breaking temperatures this past weekend. A high temperature of 80 degrees was reported in Marshall Saturday afternoon, said National Weather Service meteorologist Jeff Chapman. The Marshall temperature broke a previous record ...

Republican races for Minnesota state Senate and House brought more than 250 people out to an endorsing convention in Redwood County over the weekend, organizers said. “We did have a very strong turnout,” said David Sturrock, 15th Senate District chairman. “We had a large number of people ...

A rollover crash on Minnesota Highway 68 on Monday afternoon is under investigation, the Minnesota State Patrol said. Around 3:38 p.m., a vehicle that was traveling westbound on Highway 68 near Ghent went across the center line and struck a guardrail, the State Patrol said. The vehicle rolled ...