MARSHALL — A new home for a Slayton child care center, and updated water lines in the city of Edgerton, are among the projects seeking bonding dollars from the Minnesota Legislature. Ashley Haken, a board member of Wonder World Preschool in Slayton, told members of the Minnesota Senate’s ...
MARSHALL — The city of Cottonwood is in serious need of updates to a water main and other parts of its Main Street. But trying to get funding to help with the project has been a big obstacle, said City Administrator Teather Bliss. “I’ve exhausted all options,” Bliss told Lyon County ...
MARSHALL — A pair of Marshall High School junior marching band students have been selected to join the Bands of America Honor Band to take on the streets of Pasadena, California, for this year’s 137th annual Rose Parade. Mickensy Monsen and Christian Ramirez will travel to the West Coast ...
WESTBROOK — One person is dead after a structure fire reported in rural Westbrook over the weekend, the Cottonwood County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. The Sheriff’s Office said Lance Richard Larson, 36, was pronounced dead at the fire scene. The incident is under investigation, ...
HANLEY FALLS — A Willmar woman was injured in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday evening on Minnesota Highway 23 near Hanley Falls, the Minnesota State Patrol said. The crash was reported at 6:35 p.m. on Highway 23 in Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine County. A 2006 Freightliner box truck driven ...
FAIRMONT — A house fire on South Park Street in Fairmont claimed the life of one 43-year-old man on Monday night. According to Captain Mike Beletti of the Fairmont Police Department, Fairmont Fire, Mayo Ambulance and Fairmont Police were all dispatched just before 5 p.m. to the 300 block of ...