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 ...

COTTONWOOD — Fran Viaene, age 97, of Cottonwood, Minnesota, died peacefully on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at the Granite Falls Care Center. Mass of Christian Burial is 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 9, 2026, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Cottonwood, Minnesota. Following interment in the church ...

Friends of Camden annual meeting The Friends of Camden State Park will hold their annual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the multipurpose room at the Marshall YMCA. New members are welcome. The Friends of Camden is a nonprofit group of local volunteers dedicated to providing assistance to ...

Dear Annie: My children are trying to move me into assisted living, and I feel like I’m being slowly erased. I am in my early 80s, and I still live in the home where I raised my kids. It is not fancy, but it is mine. I know every creaky stair. I know which window sticks in the winter. I ...

Dear Heloise: When I buy a rotisserie chicken, I eat one leg and thigh while it is nice, warm and tasty. Then I put the bag of chicken in the fridge. I later take the breast meat off for chicken salad to eat alone or as a sandwich, and I always put a 1/2 teaspoon of curry powder in the chicken ...

New Materials at the Marshall-Lyon County Library FICTION Collins, Anna E. Worst in Show Koontz, Dean. The Friend of the Family McFadden, Freida. Dear Debbie Nesbo, Jo. Wolf Hour Patterson, James & Sitts, Brian. Cross & Sampson (Alex Cross #35) Phillips, Susan ...