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DNR to hold info session on Community Forests Grants

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MARSHALL — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is offering a total of $1.7 million in grants for communities dealing with the emerald ash borer. Next week, DNR representatives will be in Marshall to offer some in-person information on how local governments, nonprofits and schools can apply for the grants. An information session will be held Monday at the Marshall-Lyon County Library, the DNR said. “We know emerald ash borer affects communities across Minnesota and it can be challenging and expensive to deal with,” DNR urban and community forestry coordinator ...

A dance-off on the diamond

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MARSHALL — The seventh-inning stretch had come and gone, but the show wasn’t over on the softball diamond at Marshall’s amateur sports complex. Announcers interrupted the game between the Marshall Police and Fire Departments to call all the players out on the field for a dance-off. ...

$2.1M preschool construction project underway in Slayton

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SLAYTON — Construction is underway for new facilities for the only child care center in Murray County. Ashley Haken, a member of the Wonder World Preschool board, said concrete work on the $2.1 million project will hopefully be finished up in the next couple of weeks. The goal is to complete the project by July 2027, she said. “I think people are excited to see the progress has started,” Haken said. This week, an energy development company has also launched a matching gift campaign to support Wonder World Preschool’s new building. Invenergy, a Midwest-based energy ...

Crime

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MARSHALL — A report was sent for consideration of charges against a juvenile female in a domestic incident at 2:56 a.m. Thursday on the 200 block of West Redwood Street, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — Criminal sexual conduct reported at 2:17 p.m. Wednesday on the 300 block of South Bruce Street is under investigation, Marshall Police said. TRACY — Theft of a license plate was reported at 9:51 p.m. Wednesday in rural Tracy, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said. MARSHALL — Theft reported at 9:28 p.m. Wednesday on the 400 block of Village Drive is under ...

Demuth releases fraud prevention plan

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Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth said Tuesday that if elected governor in November, she will tackle Minnesota’s fraud crisis by banning transfers of public dollars to foreign countries, recouping more public dollars lost to fraud and firing all current agency heads and deputy ...