Lanoue scores 30 in TMB’s season-opening win over RTR
TMB 59, RTR 52 TRACY — Gretchen Lanoue dropped 30 points for the Tracy-Milroy-Balaton girls basketball team in its season opener on Friday, leading the Panthers ...
Minneota celebrated by community in welcome home ceremony
MINNEOTA — The Minneota Vikings football team made history Friday morning, becoming the first 11-player program to four-peat while clinching ...
Lyon Co. board should have addressed nuclear waste storage issue
Last week, Lyon County Commissioners voted to join a number of other Minnesota counties in signing a resolution urging state legislators to lift the moratorium on ...
Seeing veterans light up with appreciation worth every stitch
“You’ll see the sparkle in their eyes.” Area Quilts of Valor representative Nancy McClain was quoted after a ceremony held for veterans ...
Feeling the consequences of election
To the editor: Trump is refusing to use emergency funds for food stamps even though the courts are ordering him to fund them. Instead of helping people that are ...
Tribute to Bill Holm most deserved
To the editor: Imagine my surprise to open my on-line edition of the Independent today to see my old friend and colleague Bill Holm featured ...
Final Harvest shows that violent crimes should be remembered
This fall I became reacquainted with the most famous murder case in local history, the 1983 murders of two Ruthton bankers. I reread the book Final Harvest by ...
