Lyon County Commissioners took action on maintenance work at the Lyon County landfill on Tuesday. The project will involve work on some of the side slopes of areas at the landfill where waste is currently disposed, as well as the installation of a protective liner. The project won't ...

In the April 8 edition of the Independent, there was a story regarding three Marshall Public School School Board seats that will be up for election this November on four-year terms. Sara Runchey, Jeff Chapman and Sara Brink’s seats will open. Both Runchey and Chapman will not be seeking ...

Free time? That’s a foreign concept to Mike Imes, owner of Imes Insurance Agency in Wood Lake. Besides owning his insurance agency, the Wood Lake native farms 600 acres — corn and beans — on the family farm site just southeast of town. He’s also coached basketball for 30 years, the ...

What began as an experiment in self-governance rooted in personal freedom and liberty has grown into the world’s most unique and important nation: the United States of America. Here, we can, within the boundaries of the law, do, say and think what we wish; we can worship as we choose; we have ...

MILROY — Waving her hand, Addie Rykhus, 3, raced over to the Easter Bunny sitting on a bench inside the Milroy School cafeteria. Rykhus then gave the Easter Bunny a hug. For Alicia Eliason, who has donned the Easter Bunny suit for more than five years for the Milroy School PTO sponsored ...

SLAYTON — A Murray County 4-H member and Marshall High School sophomore student got the opportunity to attend a national conference at the country’s capital recently. Roman Gaul was one of 23 Minnesota 4-H students selected to join around 1,800 other members from across the country to ...