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 Household Hazardous Waste Facility, open 8 ...

Aug. 12, 1932-Nov. 18, 2025 MARSHALL—LeRoy “Doc” Affolter, age 93, of Marshall, Minnesota, died on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at the Avera Morningside Heights Care Center in Marshall. Funeral Services are 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 1, 2025, at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in ...

New Materials at the Marshall-Lyon County Library Fiction Colgan, Jenny. The Secret Christmas Library  Damoff, Sarah. The Bright Years  Faulkner, Katherine. The Break-In  Gregory, Philippa. Boleyn Traitor  Halperin, Hanna. Something Wild  Hill, Joe. King Sorrow  Hornby, ...

Dear Heloise: The hint about using a back scratcher to reach things in a store is something I have been doing for a while. I keep it in my purse. One day while shopping, I noticed a lady who was trying to get something high on a shelf and said that I could help her. She told me that I ...

Dear Annie: I’m writing about my sister, “Claire,” who seems to be living two completely different lives. By day, she’s a high-powered attorney, wearing tailored suits and commanding boardrooms. But on weekends, she disappears to a tiny town in Michigan, where she rents a cabin and ...

Dear Annie: My parents, especially my mother, were abusive throughout my childhood physically, verbally and emotionally. I lived in fear from the time I was 5 years old. I worked hard, stayed out of trouble and built my own life without asking them for help, but my mother still treated me with ...