One-hundred-year-old Harold Mellenthin sat at the head of the dining room table inside the house on the family farm that is also 100 years old located in Lynd Township in Lyon County. Younger members of the Mellenthin family sat along the table listening to the patriarch of the Mellenthin ...
MARSHALL - The Household Executives club in Marshall has given its members more than a half century of enjoyment and fellowship. The club was started in 1973, when a group of homemakers in the southwest corner of Marshall banded together. They met every third Monday of the month, a night ...
Due to no mail delivery on the Veterans Day holiday, there will be no Wednesday printed edition of the Independent. For the latest news, go to Marshallindependent.com today and Wednesday. Coverage of the various Veterans Day programs will appear in the Thursday edition of the Independent.
MARSHALL — Communities around Minnesota will be honoring U.S. military veterans on Wednesday. In Marshall, Veterans Day events will include programs at local senior living centers, as well as a fitness challenge raising awareness and funds to support veterans’ health. Unlike in past years, there will not be a Veterans Day program at the Marshall Adult Community Center on Wednesday, said Legion member Bruce Fuhrmann. There will still be Veterans Day programs at Hill Street Place at 9:30 a.m., and at Boulder Estates at 2:30 p.m., Fuhrmann said. The event is not open to the ...
TRACY — The winner of this year’s mayoral election in the city of Tracy says he hopes to help build relationships in the community, and to work to encourage local business. “I’m excited to take on the role, and have an opportunity to work with the council,” said Burke Gardner. ...
ST. PAUL — Last week, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved a permit that would reopen a petroleum pipeline near the Pipestone National Monument. The 4-1 vote to approve the permit was the latest action in an attempt by Magellan Pipeline Co. to re-route the pipeline. At a livestreamed meeting Thursday, tribal members voiced objections to the pipeline. The Pipestone National Monument and pipestone quarries in the area are culturally important to tribal nations. In 2023, Magellan applied to re-route part of a pipeline that runs from Sioux Falls to Marshall. In 2022, ...
