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Photo Gallery: Reviving the Hive

The Yellow Medicine East School District hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, to officially signify a start to the construction of building its new campus. The YME and Granite Falls community voted last summer to pass a $74.395 million bond referendum to remodel the school buildings ...

Tracy celebrates patriotic art of the next generation

TRACY — There were so many people at the Wheels Across the Prairie Heritage Center Building on Wednesday that benches from outside had to be brought in just to have enough space to seat everyone. The audience waited eagerly to hear who would be the winner of America's 250th Poster ...

Swanson, Hively take Lake Shetek Walleye tourney

LAKE SHETEK — The fishing team of Steven Swanson of Marshall and Jordan Hively of Tracy figured they had enough in their fishing net to place pretty high in the Shetek Area Sportsmen's Association Walleye Tournament. “We caught a lot of fish today,” Swanson said, as the pair waited in ...

Area delegate awestruck at GOP convention

Thousands of delegates and alternates from Minnesota political parties gathered to endorse candidates over the weekend. Among them were Lyon County residents. “It’s a little bit awe-striking when you walk in,” said Marshall resident Craig Schafer, of his experiences taking part in the ...

‘I am so proud of us’

MARSHALL — The Marshall High School class of 2026 went through a lot together. But their teamwork and effort created something positive, senior speakers said. “I am so proud of us. We’re a class full of leaders, inventors, dreamers. Everything we have overcome and everything we have ...

MCC returns to section championship for first time in over 20 years

MILROY — The top-seeded Murray County Central baseball team is advancing to the section championship for the first time in over 20 years after the Rebels defeated Dawson-Boyd 4-0 on Saturday in the Section 3A semifinals. Teague Meyer pitched a complete-game shutout with 10 strikeouts to help ...