MARSHALL — Major reconstruction of part of College Drive in Marshall will be gearing up in just a few weeks. On Wednesday, local residents and business owners crowded around a table of maps at the Marshall-Lyon County Library, to learn more about what was coming. “When does it start, and ...

TRACY — Schools and a child care facility in Tracy were put under a precautionary lockdown Tuesday evening, as law enforcement searched for a man suspected of making violent threats. Tracy Police Chief Jason Lichty said the suspect was safely taken into custody. On Wednesday, Alec ...

MARSHALL — One part of a major transmission line project Xcel Energy plans to build in southwest Minnesota will be a new substation near Garvin. This week, Lyon County Commissioners learned that construction of the planned substation and a generating station could begin next year. On ...

MARSHALL — Reconstruction on College Drive isn’t the only highway project coming in the Marshall area in May. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is also preparing to resurface two bridges near Green Valley – a project that will involve a detour. MnDOT representatives were on ...

CANBY — Nick Schmitz remembers growing up and attending the Canby Hat Daze events as a youngster. “I remember the 3-on-3 basketball tournament, the parade, the tractor pull for sure,” said Schmitz, the Hat Daze coordinator and owner of Ridge Rock Financial in Canby. Hat Daze will be ...

Photo by Dwayne Black Avalon Dechant holds a bunny named Coconut so Thomas Van Overbeke, center and Alaric Weckwerth-Pinelda can get some petting during the Lakeview Early Childhood Eggstravaganza being held at Lakeview School in Cottonwood on Saturday. Boulder Estates also held an Easter ...