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Balaton Fun Fest Grand Parade

The Balaton Fun Fest grand parade on Saturday featured all the elements of a entertaining parade. There were bands, clowns, horses, tractors and lots of firetrucks. Besides the parade, the Fun Fest also featured a heated rib cook-off at at Legion-Lion Park. Food vendors, a petting zoo and ...

'Grateful and humbled'

MARSHALL — Two individuals who played important roles in building the Marshall baseball program into one of the state’s best were honored Sunday evening with induction into the Marshall Baseball Hall of Fame. Steve Fleck and Blaine Schnaible became the 20th and 21st members of this select ...

District Court Judge Zimmer dies

MARSHALL — A Lyon County District Court judge leaves behind a legacy of kindness and dedication to her work, colleagues of Judge Tricia Zimmer said Monday. Zimmer died Saturday, at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester, where she had been battling cancer. She was 54. “Judge Zimmer ...

Crime

RUSSELL — A 20-year-old woman was cited for speeding at 6:12 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Lyon County Road 2 and Lyon County Road 13, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said. COTTONWOOD — A 20-year-old man was cited for having a dog at large, in an incident at 4:08 p.m. Sunday on the 300 block of Front Street, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said. MARSHALL — An incident reported at 7:33 a.m. Sunday on the 600 block of West Lyon Street is under investigation, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — A hit and run incident was reported at 12:03 p.m. Saturday on the 300 ...

US stocks rise and recover some of their losses from a rare losing week

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Monday and recovered some of their losses from a rare losing week. The S&P 500 climbed 1.2% and broke a five-day losing streak. It was coming off just its second losing week in the last 13. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 306 points, or 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite rallied 2.1%. Several stocks boosted by the artificial-intelligence boom rose after Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix said they will invest roughly $518 billion in a new chipmaking hub in South Korea, as its president hopes to capitalize on surging AI demand. Applied Materials, ...