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Lyon Co. hears treatment proposal for landfill runoff

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MARSHALL — Lyon County is still studying its options when it comes to dealing with “forever chemicals” like PFAS in its landfill runoff. Last week, county commissioners learned about using reverse osmosis systems to filter contaminants out from runoff at the landfill. Lyon County Environmental Administrator Roger Schroeder said commissioners could expect to hear a report comparing reverse osmosis to evaporation systems early next year. Commissioners heard a presentation on a possible reverse osmosis treatment system from Greg Ackerson, president and CEO of Apex Water ...

MPS students in the Tiger Spotlight

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MARSHALL — A group of five Marshall students were recognized at the Oct. 19 Marshall School Board meeting's Tiger Spotlight for the month of October. Tiger Spotlight is held once a month during a Marshall School Board meeting and recognizes one student from each MPS school site. Students ...

Russel Boice

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Personal (please list occupation, education and family): I was born and raised in a rural area near Syracuse, NY. I moved to Colorado as a young adult where I worked in electronic maintenance at a steel mill. I was laid off at the mill then started a 30 year career at two Universities. I ...

Broadcom and other AI stocks lift Wall Street closer to its record

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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry led Wall Street higher on Tuesday, as their yo-yo moves swing back upward. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% and pulled within 1.2% of its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 15 points, or less than 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 1.2%. The majority of stocks within the S&P 500 fell, but the gains for influential AI stocks made up for that. AI stocks rose to another winning day after swerving for weeks on worries about whether their boom is under threat because of how expensive it's ...

Burke Gardner

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Personal (please list occupation, education and family): • I teach English Language Arts at Tracy Area Public High School for 8th and 10th Grade. • I attended Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA, where I earned a BA majoring in, Theatre • My wife MyKelle and I have a seven year old ...