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Cottonwood P.O. project comes to halt

COTTONWOOD — After about four years without one, the city of Cottonwood was set to have a post office again. But now, construction of a new post office building could face delays over a lack of payments from the U.S. Postal Service, City Administrator Teather Bliss said this week. Bliss said ...

Finstad requests recount

GOP Candidate Brad Finstad formally requested a recount following Tuesday night’s election where he came up short by 323 votes to DFL Candidate Jake Johnson. “Thank you to the 326,000 of my fellow southern Minnesotans who turn out to vote on Tuesday,” Finstad said. “We will work to ...

Section 4A football champions

The Minneota Vikings players hold up the section 4A Football trophy after defeating the Dawson-Boyd Blackjacks 21-12 Friday afternoon at the Schwan Regional Event Center on the Southwest Minnesota State University campus. For coverage of the game, turn to page B1.

Lyon Co. hears options for closing construction landfill

MARSHALL — Lyon County’s landfill site for construction and demolition waste will need to close in the future – but there are still plenty of questions that need to be answered first, Lyon County commissioners said. This week, commissioners heard a presentation on different options for filling up or closing the construction and demolition landfill near Russell. Lyon County Environmental Administrator Roger Schroeder said there were different courses of action the county could take, including trying to fill up the C&D landfill as quickly as possible, or continuing to divert some of ...

Exit poll shows political divides in Lyon Co.

MARSHALL — Political divides showed among Lyon County voters in this year’s elections, according to an exit poll conducted by Southwest Minnesota State University students. Exit poll results released Tuesday said party loyalty was a strong predictor of which candidates voters supported. Political polarization also showed in voters’ top issues and whether they thought the country was on the right track, the poll said. SMSU political science students have conducted exit polls in Lyon County for every general election since 1996. This year, students collected a total of 436 exit ...

Narrow victories for Democrats in MHS mock election

MARSHALL — A mock election held at Marshall High School this week showed close races for U.S. House and Senate, Minnesota governor and Minnesota Legislature. However, the mock election results showed Democratic candidates had the lead in several races. The MHS Honor Society has conducted ...