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Students scout for pests and culinary delights

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MARSHALL — Hands-on educational research projects were on display during the seventh annual Southwest Minnesota State University Agronomy Field Day Friday afternoon. A large part of the day was getting an inside look as to what current students are studying at the farm site, and their ...

Tracy resident appointed to state committee

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TRACY — A Tracy resident was recently appointed to serve on a Minnesota state committee. On July 7, Jason Everson was named as one of four people statewide who were appointed by Gov. Tim Walz to the Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee. “I am excited. This is an opportunity to make a ...

Fire displaces Marshall apartment residents

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MARSHALL — Residents of a Marshall apartment building were displaced after a basement fire Friday afternoon. Marshall Fire Chief Quentin Brunsvold said the fire was under investigation by the State Fire Marshal’s Office. Residents would not be able to return to the building, located at t ...

2 southwest Minnesota papers close

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Two local newspapers covering southwestern Minnesota communities printed their final editions this week. Announcements in the Thursday editions of the Fulda Free Press & Murray County News, and the Nobles County Review, said the papers were closing down. A few different factors went ...

Marshall declares emergency after Friday flash floods

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MARSHALL — Torrential rains flooded basements, backed up sewers and even impacted the Avera Marshall hospital campus on Friday night. Today, city officials declared a state of emergency, and said they were working with Lyon County to respond to localized flooding. “This is not a river ...

Crime for July 19

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MARSHALL — A Marshall woman, 29, was arrested for harassment and violating an order for protection at 9:03 p.m. Thursday on the 100 block of South Fourth Street, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — A Marshall man, 49, was arrested on a warrant at 7:01 p.m. Thursday on the 500 block of ...