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MARSHALL — For America's 250th anniversary, community members came to the Lyon County Museum to reflect on America's past — the ideas that shaped it, and what its future will look like. On Tuesday, the Minnesota Humanities Center hosted a “Declaration of Independence and Liberty: Then ...

LUCAN — The sign said “SuperPretzel Soft Pretzels” on a warmer displayed next to the beer stand at Lucan Pretzel Days on Saturday. Selling pretzels shouldn’t be that unusual at an event called Pretzel Days. However, according to Lucan resident Lorna Plaetz, pretzels have been a no ...

MARSHALL — Drivers in Marshall should be aware of another new change to traffic starting today. Representatives of R and G Construction said the intersection of West Redwood street and East College Drive downtown will be closed starting Tuesday for paving work. At the same time, the ...

MARSHALL — Both state and city road construction projects in Marshall are continuing to make progress, contractor representatives said this week. While paving is moving along on East College Drive, there is still another intersection closure planned as part of city construction on South ...

MARSHALL — The city's sewage plant is helping the Minnesota Department of Health monitor respiratory diseases in the state by testing wastewater for the presence of COVID and other viruses. This week, the Marshall City Council voted to approve a joint powers agreement with the state that ...