Photos by Cindy Votruba The Pioneer Power Inc. 51st annual Good Old Days and Threshing Show was this weekend in Hanley Falls. The event included a tractor display and parade, a craft show and flea…
Decades of memories at aquatic center
MARSHALL — The opening of a new pool — The Splash — comes after the closing down of an old…
Correction
In the crime and accident briefs of Friday’s edition of the Independent, the ages of the drivers involved in a…
Council OKs new lease for airport operator
MARSHALL — This week, the Marshall City Council approved a new long-term lease agreement with Midwest Aviation at the Marshall…
Bruce St. reopening gets closer
MARSHALL — A busy Marshall intersection is getting closer to opening back up after construction, representatives of R and G…
100 miles for mental health
MARSHALL — Hope Harbor Executive Director Chad Doyle will walk 100 miles from his home in Sioux Falls to Marshall…
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Local Sports
SMSU opens camp after seventh-place NSIC South prediction
MARSHALL — Despite being picked to finish seventh in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference…
When I was growing up in Tyler, I started buying the District Tournament basketball programs that…
The Legacy of Irish Field
Elk River blanks Marshall at Legion state tournament
Marshall outhits Brainerd, but drops first state game
Editorials
'Crazy' opportunity to support retail businesses
Any time a business closes in Marshall a lot of criticism is directed toward the city, especially on social media. While businesses do close now and then, new businesses are opening up as well. Take a stroll down Main Street and you will notice the changes. You will also find a vibrant retail atmosphere…
A couple weeks ago, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig met with southwest Minnesota farmers in Marshall for…
Securing Agriculture Workforce Act a step in the right direction
Republicans don’t want to say this publicly, but privately they do: President Trump’s personal political obsessions…
Trump has lost the plot on governance
It’s that time of the year again — planting season. The Minnesota Department of Transportation reminds…
Be careful during planting season
Letters to the Editor
Is the upcoming primary important?
There is a primary election coming up Aug. 11 that will place on the ballot the names of candidates running for the office such as governor, attorney general, secretary of state, auditor and US Senate of the Republican and Democrat party for the November election. How many people know or care? Sadly, too many.
To the editor: The teenage years bring incredible growth, but they can also bring challenges that…
Parent support group may be able to help
To the editor: Lisa Demuth is by far the best choice for governor in the Aug.…
Demuth best choice to defeat Klobuchar
To the Editor: For 77 years I have felt blessed and grateful for being born in…
Incredible blessing to be an American
Local Columns
Country School Kids – Karen Drury Rafson – Transitioning to the Marshall Public Schools
On the Porch
What recycling bins are for
Ask a Trooper
Features
Deployed soldiers ‘not forgotten’
I believe in, and love this job’
A life at the library
Watching out for bluebirds
Engagements, Weddings, Anniversaries
70 years together
Goetzl, Peterson
Kommer, Zahrbock
Zoch, Warne
Obituaries
Joyce Garland
SLAYTON — Services for Joyce Garland, 81, of Slayton will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Lake Sarah Baptist Church in rural Slayton. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Friday at the church, and one hour prior to the service at the church Saturday. Burial will be private. Totzke Funeral Home of Slayton is entrusted with arrangements. To…