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‘You are very special to us’

MARSHALL — It was an important day of remembrance, Nancy McClain said. “A lot of people think this is just another day, but it is not,” McClain said, speaking to veterans and Marshall area residents gathered for a Veterans Day program Tuesday. McClain, a representative of the local ...

Marshall City Council approves flood control repairs

MARSHALL — This week, the city of Marshall gave the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) permission to design a repair project for flood controls along the Redwood River. The project would focus on areas of erosion as the river approaches Marshall, near Wayside Rest Park. “During some ...

‘Super patriotic’

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 ...

Cold snap to bring light snow to region

A taste of wintry weather will be blowing into southwest Minnesota over the weekend. The forecast for Marshall includes a little snow and temperatures around freezing, the National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls said. In other parts of the U.S. the forecast includes snow in the ...

Stepping up for veterans

MARSHALL — Teams of fitness enthusiasts will be gathering downtown Tuesday night for a new kind of Veterans Day event. “We’re all showing up as a community and doing a workout,” to raise funds and awareness for veterans’ mental health, said Katie Galbraith, owner of MSHL Fitness ...

Lyon Co. Board calls 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 ...