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Lyon Co. Board approves 3% commissioner pay hike

MARSHALL — Members of the Lyon County Board were faced with the task of setting commissioner salaries this week. Commissioners voted to approve a 3% pay increase for the county board, bringing commissioner pay to $23,100 per year. That amounted to a $700 raise. However, it was the subject ...

MMU reviews plans for new generator plant

MARSHALL – This week, the Marshall Municipal Utilities Commission got a look at plans for a new electric generator plant in the city. The facility would house a total of four 3-megawatt generators that would replace MMU’s existing turbine, which dates back to 1968. Engineer Travis Zipf ...

Restoring the riverbank

MARSHALL — The city of Marshall has made a lot of improvements along the Redwood River over the past few decades – but erosion along the riverbanks is still an issue, local homeowners said this week. On Tuesday, Marshall resident Ron Halgerson and Kerry Netzke of the Redwood-Cottonwood ...

One injured in Highway 19 crash

MARSHALL — A Tracy teenager was injured in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday on Minnesota Highway 19 east of Marshall, the Minnesota State Patrol said. A State Patrol report did not identify the teen, but did say she was taken to Avera Marshall Medical Center with non life-threatening ...

‘Proud of Lynd Public School’

LYND — Lynd Public School has been named one of 300 state finalists in Samsung’s 15th annual Solve for Tomorrow STEM competition, and was one of five Minnesota schools named. This marks the first time Lynd is named a finalist in the national competition, which empowers students in grades ...

Making their list and checking it twice

MARSHALL — A few shoppers stood out in the bustle of people at the Marshall Walmart this weekend. Area kids and teens were making their way through the store, together with uniformed police officers, or local firefighters and medical responders. “The really neat part of it is, it’s a ...