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Lyon Co. approves interim jail admin

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MARSHALL — Lyon County will be looking for a new jail administrator after the retirement of Brad Marks, who has been a Lyon County employee since 2001. On Tuesday, county commissioners voted to approve Gabriel Figueroa as interim administrator. “We had a retirement, so that’s where the interim administrator position became available,” said Commissioner Todd Draper. Lyon County Sheriff Eric Wallen said Marks retired on Aug. 17. Lyon County Human Resources Director Aurora Heard presented county commissioners with a request to approve Figueroa as interim jail administrator, ...

Tracy man charged with reckless firearm discharge

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MARSHALL — A Tracy man was charged this week with reckless discharge of a firearm within Tracy city limits. Lyon County District Court records said a hearing was held Monday for Noah Eugene Fastenau, 28. A criminal complaint alleges that Tracy Police were dispatched Sunday morning to a report of possible gunshots fired in the area of Fifth Street and Harvey Street in Tracy. The complaint alleged that police found Fastenau near a handgun outside a residence in the area. The complaint alleged that a witness said she had allowed Fastenau to handle the gun, which belonged to her. ...

Stocks slip on Wall Street under pressure from higher oil prices and rising bond yields

National News

(AP) — Stocks closed broadly lower Tuesday as another round of U.S. military strikes on Iran sent oil prices higher, stoking worries about stubbornly high inflation. A bond market sell-off deepened, putting more pressure on stocks. The S&P 500 index fell 0.7%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite slid 1%. The major indexes have lost ground three days in a row. The weak start to September follows a shaky but mostly positive month for Wall Street. Every major index notched monthly gains in August. The same worries continue to hang over Wall Street, ...

Crime

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MARSHALL — A Bloomington woman, 27, was arrested on a warrant at 5:07 a.m. Tuesday on the 600 block of West Main Street, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — A Marshall man, 20, was cited for underage consumption at 4:28 p.m. Monday on the 1200 block of East Lyon Street, Marshall Police said. A report was forwarded to Probation for review, Police said. MARSHALL — Identity theft reported at 10:49 a.m. Monday on the 100 block of South Sixth Street is under investigation, Marshall Police said. Accidents TRACY — A report is pending on a property damage accident at 5:56 p.m. ...

US strikes targets in Iran as hostilities flare again after a month without military action

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday after it said Tehran tried to attack commercial ships and American forces in the Middle East, as hostilities flare once again in an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. The U.S. strikes, and others on Sunday, abruptly ended a month without military action and threaten to fully reprise a conflict that has spiked global oil prices and posed political problems for Republicans in November's midterm congressional elections. The renewed fighting comes after President Donald Trump had appeared to pivot toward ...

Minnesota Medicaid spending is accelerating

Minnesota News

Minnesota’s spending on Medicaid is projected to far outpace the state’s growth in tax revenue over the next several years, underscoring the urgent challenge posed by federal cuts to a state budget already strained by rising healthcare costs and a growing elderly population. The state’s Medicaid program, which insures many low-income, disabled, elderly and pregnant residents, is on track to jump 40% from 2025 to 2029 to $29 billion while state revenues are expected to increase just 10% over the same period. Medical Assistance, the name for Minnesota’s Medicaid, cost $20.3 ...