MARSHALL – Marshall High School’s Nate Noble had a strong performance in this year’s Southwest West Central Service Cooperative (SWWC’s) creative writing contest, placing in the top 3 in all three categories. Noble took first place in both the poetry and non-fiction categories, along ...
Projects in southwest Minnesota were included in a total of more than $276,000 in small grants recently awarded to history organizations statewide. This week, the Minnesota Historical Society announced that the Lake Benton Opera House and the Lac qui Parle County Historical Society in Madison ...
MARSHALL — In 1763, Great Britain had a strong relationship with its colonies in what is now the United States, Dr. Anita Gaul said. But in the space of 13 years, that partnership had deteriorated to the point where American colonists declared their independence, and the Revolutionary War ...
MORGAN — Retired Cedar Mountain High School English teacher and coach Keith Klawitter recently announced he is running for the District 15B Minnesota House of Representatives seat. A 50-year Morgan resident, Klawitter will seek the Democratic Farmer Labor endorsement at the Senate District ...
MARSHALL — The members of Living Word Church were excited to be starting a building expansion project in Marshall. But growth was about much more than just a building, said Living Word associate pastor Greg Pavek. “The church isn’t the building. The church is the people,” Pavek said, ...
MARSHALL — It was a difficult time for the Marshall area community. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, three children were diagnosed with cancer. Two died, said Dr. Vince LaPorte. Local families experienced firsthand the gaps in end-of-life care available in Minnesota at the time. “When ...