BALATON — Brandon Koster of the Yankton, South Dakota, Smokem Out team fired up his home made smoker at the Balaton Fun Fest to compete in the fifth annual rib cook off. “Made it out of a 275-gallon vertical oil drum which used to be in basements of houses. Father and I built it. It took ...

MARSHALL — Two individuals who played important roles in building the Marshall baseball program into one of the state’s best were honored Sunday evening with induction into the Marshall Baseball Hall of Fame. Steve Fleck and Blaine Schnaible became the 20th and 21st members of this select ...

MARSHALL - A heat advisory is hitting marshall this week, with potential thunderstorms coming into the night keeping the temperature humid. According to the National Weather service, Lyon County is under a heat advisory on Monday from 1 to 9 p.m. and a hazardous weather outlook until ...

The Balaton Fun Fest grand parade on Saturday featured all the elements of a entertaining parade. There were bands, clowns, horses, tractors and lots of firetrucks. Besides the parade, the Fun Fest also featured a heated rib cook-off at at Legion-Lion Park. Food vendors, a petting zoo and pedal ...

MARSHALL — A South Dakota man was taken to the hospital Monday morning after his pickup truck struck a house and garage in Marshall. The crash did significant damage to the building, and to two vehicles parked inside the house’s garage, said Marshall Director of Public Safety Jim ...

MARSHALL — A Lyon County District Court judge leaves behind a legacy of kindness and dedication to her work, colleagues of Judge Tricia Zimmer said Monday. Zimmer died Saturday at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester where she had been battling cancer. She was 54. “Judge Zimmer will be ...