MARSHALL — Marshall area residents were cleaning up Monday, after being blasted with a few inches of blowing snow over the weekend. Blizzard conditions led to no-travel advisories being issued for most of southern Minnesota on Sunday and part of Monday morning. Within the city of Marshall, ...

MARSHALL — The chance to have fun and make friends was something worth traveling for, area cribbage fans said. “It’s like having another family,” said JoEllen Froseth. Froseth, a Sioux Falls resident, said cribbage fans manage to find places to play all around the country. Last ...

NEW ULM — Wayne Schoper retired after 25 years as a University of Minnesota Agricultural Extension educator not long ago, but he’s not done working with farmers yet. Last March, he became a Minnesota Department of Agriculture farm advocate. That should be no surprise to anyone who knows ...

ST. CLOUD — Marshall’s Yassin Yasin and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton’s Jilian Schoenfeld and Brayden VanDyke all earned a first-place finish at the FFA Winter Leadership Summit state competition last Monday.  FFA members from across the state spent the day at St. Cloud State University ...

MARSHALL — It takes many hands to help transform Independence Park into a winter wonderland each year. And even once the strings of holiday lights and decorations around the park are in place, volunteers are still a crucial part of what makes Light Up the Night work, area residents ...

COTTONWOOD — Students from Lakeview Schools will be performing with other young musicians from around the region at a couple of upcoming events this winter. Last week, the Lakeview band department announced that a total of 11 students in grades 7-12 were selected to be part of the Southwest ...