MARSHALL — Paying for digital resources like audiobooks has become a bigger challenge for public libraries in southwest Minnesota, said Plum Creek Library System director Elizabeth Hoffman. This week, Hoffman said the library system was asking Lyon and other area counties for help funding ...
MARSHALL — This week, there will be a few different opportunities to get outside and enjoy food and community in Marshall. This summer’s Eats & Beats lineup will begin Thursday evening in downtown Marshall, and on Friday the city of Marshall will be marking the Juneteenth holiday with a lineup of events both downtown and at Justice Park. “Juneteenth is an event we take pride in,” said Jasmine DeSmet, community education coordinator at Marshall Community Services. The holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S., and it’s a time to celebrate the pursuit of equality, ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's top diplomat said Tuesday that the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon — a condition Israel has already rejected and that could sink the agreement, leading to the resumption of all-out war. The deal, which is between the U.S. and Iran, has not been made public, and officials have sometimes offered contradictory interpretations of what is in it. While Israel is not party to the agreement, it is part of the war after joining the U.S. in launching strikes on Iran on Feb. 28. Israel ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement officials disrupted a planned attack targeting the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House this past weekend, according to court papers unsealed Tuesday that say plotters who harbored fringe conspiracy theories spoke of flying explosives-laden ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices sank again Tuesday and dropped below $80 per barrel for the first time since early March, while U.S. stocks drifted near their all-time highs in mixed trading. The S&P 500 slipped 0.6% and pulled 1.3% below its record set earlier this month. The market was nearly evenly split between stocks rising and falling, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 328 points, or 0.6%, to set a record for the second straight day. But drops for some influential tech stocks pulled the Nasdaq composite down 1.2%. Stocks that had benefited from the boom in ...
MARSHALL — One person was injured in a two-vehicle crash in Marshall on Monday night. The crash was reported at 10:52 p.m. at the intersection of East College Drive and South Hill Street, Marshall Police said. A 68-year-old woman was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, Police said.
