We have been learning about Sharon McCully, who grew up in rural southwest Minnesota, graduated from Russell High School in 1957, trained as a registered nurse in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and practiced nursing for six years before volunteering for an Air Force Nurse Corps commission in 1968. ...
Nationally, nearly every local area in the U.S. raises revenue through property taxes, and these taxes represent the largest tax revenue source in 94 percent of localities. Property taxes are also the dominant tax revenue source for local governments here in Minnesota, generating more than any ...
The Independent calendar lists upcoming meetings, facility hours and events in and around Marshall. To have your group’s events listed, email the information to news@marshallindependent.com or submit the information to our virtual newsroom. Today Marshall Sunrise Rotary, 7 a.m., Marshall ...
In the wintertime, blades sit aligned on a roll of spinners like ornaments on a Christmas tree. The beauty in their color, shimmer and flash, along with the slight jingle they make as they get packaged for the stockings at their final holiday destination are all part and parcel with the ...
Last week U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., released a press release on her partnership with U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-ME, on introducing legislation to improve access to health care and address the physician shortage in rural areas. The Rural Residency Planning and Development Act of ...
To the editor: I find it a sad commentary on the present state, and future, of our country when the current President feels he needs to give preemptive pardons to citizens who are being threatened with retribution from the incoming President, and the incoming President says he plans to pardon ...