Wichmann walks off Willmar Rails
Summer Sluggin’
Photo by Jake McNeill The Marshall Area Fastpitch Softball Association held its annual Southwest Slugfest Tournament over the weekend, with 29 ...
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 ...
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 citizens of the ...
The Night of Broken Glass
To the editor: The German calendar notes Nov. 9, 1938, as “Kristallnacht” or “the night of broken glass.” Until this night the Nazis ...
Thinking about boxes
I’ve been thinking about boxes quite a bit lately. First and foremost is the cedar treasure box that I’ve been building for our 5-year-old grandson. It’s ...
Old magazine from garage sale eases the dying process
Wrapping up another successful school year
Orval Ulrich
CANBY — Services for Orval Ulrich, 83, of Canby, formerly of Minneota, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Lutheran Church in Marshall. A recording of the service ...
