Tomasek’s doubles spark A’s comeback over Bird Island
BIRD ISLAND — Despite trailing by four runs through six innings, the Marshall A’s bats stepped up when it counted most during a Friday night Corn Belt League ...
Irish fall short vs. Fairmont in extras
MILROY — Nine innings weren’t enough to determine a winner in Friday’s First Nite/Gopher League matchup between the Milroy Irish and the ...
Ugly political rhetoric leads some of us down dark path
Saturday was a very dark day in Minnesota. The news of the assassination of a member of the Minnesota Legislature and the attempted assassination of a second ...
Thumbs up/down
THUMBS UP Kraft loses promised federal funding Last year, New Ulm’s Kraft plant was earmarked to receive $3 million in federal funds to ...
Freedom has a price
To the editor: “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, ...
Marshall receives new ladder truck without Fischbach’s vote
To the editor: I was very pleased to read the June 18 Independent article of the “Marshall FD celebrates new ladder truck.” As do other ...
The Vietnam War – Ann Benson Rudolph – Becoming an Army nurse
We have been learning about Ann (Benson) Rudolph, who grew up in the Chicago area, graduated from Denbard High School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, in 1960, and graduated ...
Slowing down after the summer of speed
On the Porch
Wayne Hanson
MARSHALL—Wayne Hanson, 80, of Marshall, Minnesota, died on Friday, June 27, 2025, at the Maranatha Presbyterian Home in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Mass of ...
