MARSHALL — How many pieces of candy can you get for $200? Show up at around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday in downtown Marshall, walk up to the big fire truck parked on Main Street and look up. All those pieces of candy will be falling from a aerial basket. The candy drop is just one of many ...
MARSHALL — Fraud reported at 3:24 p.m. Wednesday on the 100 block of East Main Street is under investigation, Marshall Police said. BALATON — Criminal sexual conduct reported at 10:22 a.m. Wednesday on the 1000 block of Lake Yankton Avenue, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said. Accidents MINNEOTA — A car struck a deer at 8:17 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of 160th Avenue and Lyon County Road 8, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said. MARSHALL — A two-vehicle crash was reported at 7:58 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of East College Drive and Mustang ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose, and oil prices eased Thursday as financial markets calmed in the wait to see what will come next after President Donald Trump raised doubts about the temporary truce in the war with Iran. The S&P 500 climbed 0.8% and more than recovered its loss from the day before, even though the United States launched new airstrikes against Iran, which responded by targeting U.S. allies in the Middle East. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 139 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite rallied 1.3%. In the oil market, prices gave back much of their jumps from the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Yahm Levin is a diehard Democrat who lives in one of the nation's most liberal cities. And yet the 39-year-old Jewish woman from Los Angeles is sometimes afraid to use her first or last name when meeting people — even those who share her progressive politics. Levin has ...
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 ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices rose, and stock markets dropped in shaky trading worldwide Wednesday after President Donald Trump raised doubts about the temporary truce in the war with Iran. The S&P 500 fell as much as 1.1% after Trump said the ceasefire agreement was "over," but the index then trimmed its loss to 0.3% after Trump said recent fighting did not mean a return to full-scale war. They're his latest mixed messages on what will happen with the war, which threatens to worsen inflation for the world. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 576 points, or 1.1%, while the Nasdaq ...
