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Municipal liquor sales down in 2025

MARSHALL — Last year, sales were down a little at Marshall’s municipal liquor store, Tall Grass Liquor manager Eric Luther said this week. In an annual report to the Marshall City Council, Luther said overall sales in 2025 were at around $7.19 million, a decrease of about $228,000 from ...

New trial granted in Broadmoor Valley lawsuit

MARSHALL — A lawsuit brought against the owners of the Broadmoor Valley mobile home park by the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office will be heading back to court. This week, the Minnesota Court of Appeals granted a new trial for claims about the condition of Broadmoor Valley’s roads, as well as claims that the park owners violated consumer fraud and deceptive trade practices laws. The Appeals Court also granted a judgment that Broadmoor Valley owners charged tenants illegally high late rent fees, and ordered the district court to determine remedies for failures to keep the ...

US stocks edge further from their records as oil prices keep swinging

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slipped a bit further from their records Tuesday, while oil prices kept swinging on uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% for a second modest drop since setting its all-time high on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 184 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.6%. The action was stronger in the oil market, where the price for a barrel of Brent crude briefly jumped above $90 in the morning before falling back below $87. It eventually settled at $88.91, up 1.4% from ...

'It's going to be a sad day'

RUTHTON — 21-year-old twins Jenna and Cody Lingen are the two youngest parishioners of Peace Lutheran Church. The next youngest is their mother. They sat at the tables downstairs eating breakfast, reflecting on the church's final year and what life will be without it. "Peace Lutheran to us, ...