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Sustaining a series

MARSHALL His books are set some time in the future. The world he created, along with much of the solar system, are controlled by a giant, often-indifferent corporation that has power over government, space mining, technology, the military and much of public life. It’s about as far away from ...

Christmas tree memories

The Lyon County Museum has more than a baker’s dozen of trees on display for the Christmas season, and all of them reflect someone’s inspiration. A full set of trees are featured this month at the museum’s Christmas Tree Walk. Trees are interspersed throughout the three-story facility, ...

Found at last

MARSHALL Earl Halvorson of Marshall enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the age of 17 after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. “He felt it was his duty,” said his sister, Elaine Johnson of Marshall. The Halvorson family, which comprised five children and their mother, Amelia, were ...

Vanishing birds?

MARSHALL — Migrating birds are one of the sights of fall in southwest Minnesota. But recent studies have raised questions about whether skies across the U.S. are becoming emptier. In September, a study published in the journal Science said North America’s bird populations have fallen by ...

Learning for the fun of it

MARSHALL GOLD College at Southwest Minnesota State University is a place where learning never gets graded, and where no one expects credit other than possibly a compliment for a job well done. The six-week, twice-a-year program, a longstanding regional outreach component at SMSU, is for ...

A new way to farm

COTTONWOOD In the 1990s Jonathan and Carolyn Olson saw potential in new, organic-based concepts for crop farming. Almost a generation later, they have a track record of finding and sustaining profitable markets. They’ve been built through extensive long-range planning, a process that ...