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Arts and Living History Fest moves indoors

MARSHALL — Marshall’s Arts and Living History Festival will give visitors a peek into the past this weekend, with arts and crafts, live music and family-friendly activities. With rain showers in the forecast for Saturday, the festival has also moved to a new location. “We are moving indoors, at the Red Baron Arena and Expo,” said Cassi Weiss, of Visit Marshall. Festival organizers had been watching the weather this week, before making the call to hold the free event inside, instead of at Memorial Park. Organizers are hoping for another good year at the festival. The Arts and ...

Blackwelder appointed as Fifth District judge

MARSHALL — An assistant public defender from southwest Minnesota has been appointed to fill a judicial vacancy in Lincoln and Lyon counties. This week, Gov. Tim Walz announced that Jeremy Blackwelder will fill the vacancy left after the death of Judge Tricia Zimmer this summer. ...

A shaky day for oil prices and the bond market leaves US stocks not far from where they started

NEW YORK (AP) — After whipping through a couple sudden reversals, stocks ended a shaky day of trading on Wall Street Thursday roughly where they began. The S&P 500 finished nearly flat and edged down by less than 0.1% following several turns between losses and gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 161 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite added less than 0.1%. Stocks have slowed their rally since the S&P 500 climbed to the brink of its all-time high earlier this week as pressure from the bond market has cranked higher. The yield on the 10-year Treasury jumped to ...

Two injured in Pipestone County crash

HOLLAND — Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday near Holland in Pipestone County, the Minnesota State Patrol said. A Sioux Falls woman was taken to the Pipestone hospital with life-threatening injuries. The crash was reported at 1:09 p.m. at Minnesota Highway 23 and 140th Avenue. A 2011 Chevy Silverado driven by Tylan Ray Willia Gylling, 34, of Tyler, was southbound on Highway 23, and a 2022 Kia driven by Donald Harry Noyes, 76, of Sioux Falls, was northbound and making a turn onto 140th Avenue. The two vehicles collided, the State Patrol said. Donald Noyes was ...