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Students showcase self-started businesses

MARSHALL — A group of area high school students presented self-started personal businesses to the public Wednesday evening at the annual Lyon and Murray County CEO trade show. The event was held at the Red Baron Arena in Marshall, and participating schools of the CEO Program include the ...

Lyon Co. board OKs landfill evaporation study

MARSHALL — Plans to study ways to separate “forever chemicals” from runoff at the Lyon County landfill took a step forward this week. Lyon County Commissioners voted to approve a roughly $58,000 proposal for evaporating runoff from the landfill. The landfill will look at how well the ...

Klobuchar listens to child care needs

MARSHALL — Rural Minnesotans have struggled with a lack of available child care for years. This week, Sen. Amy Klobuchar said it’s become even more urgent to take action now. “It’s really important to make the economic case for child care,” Klobuchar said during a visit to Marshall ...

Tracy Area FFA shines at state convention

TRACY — The 2026 Minnesota Future Farmers of America (FFA) state convention took place recently, and the Tracy Area FFA chapter made a statement and came home with a plethora of awards, while also being named the fifth-ranked chapter in the state. Among the notable awards Tracy earned: The ...

Klobuchar: changing the system priority for governor campaign

MARSHALL — Amy Klobuchar said rooting out fraud would be one of her key priorities as Minnesota governor. But her proposals for state government would also be farther-reaching. “I want to completely upend the system so that it works for the people of Minnesota,” Klobuchar said during a ...

Bill seeks penalties for flying old MN flag

MARSHALL — A bill introduced in the Minnesota House of Representatives would reduce state aid to cities and counties that display Minnesota’s old state flag. While the proposal is still in committee, it has drawn criticism from some area legislators. In a legislative update this week, ...