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A Grand Parade entertains children and adults

Saturday's Sounds of Summer parade offered something for everyone — from classic cars to marching band music. Volleyball and football players invited parade goers to be part of the fun as footballs and volleyballs were shared. Big trucks and fire trucks rumbled down the street, while ...

Sounds of Summer fun

No matter what direction you walked between the YMCA parking lot, fire hall and the parking lot near the Aquatic Center, there was plenty of fun experiences Friday and Saturday during the Sounds of Summer. The Marshall Rotary clubs held their annual pancake breakfast and duck race, while the ...

Ellison expects 'fair trial' after Broadmoor appeal

MARSHALL — Last year, a Lyon County jury found that the owners of the Broadmoor Valley manufactured home park had failed to keep it in clean and orderly conditions. In spite of the verdict, not much has changed at Broadmoor Valley, said resident Jesus Hernandez. “This is what we have to ...

DFL candidates for state offices campaign in Marshall

MARSHALL — Marshall’s Sounds of Summer brought together Democratic political candidates and state officials like Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison over the weekend. On Saturday, Ellison and Zack Filipovich, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Minnesota State Auditor, were ...

Supreme Court clears the way for Trump mail voting order in advance of midterms

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to move ahead with his executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much his administration can implement before the fast-approaching midterm elections. The decision appears to leave room for additional court challenges that could further slow Trump's order. The U.S. Postal Service laid out how it would implement the order last week, but time is running short to impose major changes with some states beginning to send mail ballots to voters in just a few weeks. The ...

Wall Street drifts at the start of a week that could swing stocks and bonds

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish Monday as the countdown ticks toward potentially market-moving events coming later in the week. The areas of the bond market that the U.S. Treasury Department is trying to calm down, meanwhile, eased a bit. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% and pulled a bit further from its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 140 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.8%. Tech stocks led the way downward following big swings through the summer on worries that the frenzy around artificial-intelligence ...