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Recalling 'Let the Good Times Roll'

NEW ULM — The Minnesota Music Hall of Fame (MMHF) held Charles Schoen Day on Saturday to honor the leader of The Del Counts. Schoen got an early start in music. At age 9, he was laid up for a year a half after being hit by a car. A tutor came to the house and gave him homework for the ...

Recalling 'Let the Good Times Roll'

NEW ULM — The Minnesota Music Hall of Fame (MMHF) held Charles Schoen Day on Saturday to honor the leader of The Del Counts. Schoen got an early start in music. At age 9, he was laid up for a year a half after being hit by a car. A tutor came to the house and gave him homework for the week. "I did it all on Mondays after she left. I had nothing else to do," Schoen said in a short video documentary featured by The Current. "My father and uncle used to play and I would watch where my dad would put his fingers on the guitar. When no one was around, I would get out of bed, into my ...

Brad Hennen

Editor's Note: The Independent emailed questions to the candidates for Minnesota House 15A. Here are Brad Hennen's answers. Personal (please list occupation, education and family) I raised pigs on a farm near Ghent for 25 years; for the last 15 years I have been in Ag sales, working ...

SMSU reports slight enrollment decline

MARSHALL — Minnesota State announced this week that overall fall enrollment remained stable across the system’s 33 colleges and universities. Enrollment data showed the total headcount in the Minnesota State system increased by 535 students to a total of 172,879 students system-wide. ...

Wall Street muscles higher despite more swings for AI stocks

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes muscled higher Thursday, led by companies delivering bigger profits. They pulled closer to their records even as stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry kept swinging on worries about how much longer their boom will last. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% after erasing an early-morning loss and pulled closer to its all-time high set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 556 points, or 1.1%, while the Nasdaq composite added 0.1%. Marsh & McLennan helped lead the way and rallied 4.6% after the insurance and professional services firm that ...

Crime

MARSHALL — A report was sent to the city attorney’s office for consideration of school bus stop arm violation charges against a 27-year-old Marshall woman, in an incident at 4:37 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of East Lyon Street and Kennedy Street, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — A report is pending on an incident at 2:43 p.m. Wednesday on the 400 block of South Saratoga Street, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — An incident reported at 2:38 p.m. Wednesday on the 400 block of Tiger Drive is under investigation, Marshall Police said. COTTONWOOD — An Eden Valley ...