MARSHALL — With higher health and human services costs on the horizon for next year, Lyon County Commissioners need to get an early start thinking about the 2027 budget, Administrator Loren Stomberg said this week. At Tuesday’s county board meeting, Stomberg said possible options facing the county included reducing the amount spent on appropriations to nonprofits, paying off debt, or possibly setting a 12-15% preliminary levy increase for 2027. “If we give everybody what they received for appropriations in 2026, if we continue on with our bond proceeds and levy for the bond ...