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‘Rain sets us up for a good start’ for planting

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NEW ULM — Brown County Corn and Soybean Board member and seed dealer Justin Remus of rural New Ulm was busy with other board members in his shop Wednesday, sorting seed corn for county corn test plots. A couple inches of rain that recently fell in the area makes him hopeful about spring ...

Lyon Co. awards CD 14 construction bid

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MARSHALL — Lyon County received a total of seven bids for a repair project on County Ditch 14 earlier this month. The low bid came in under an engineer’s estimate, county commissioners learned. Commissioners met as a ditch authority on Tuesday morning to consider awarding a construction ...

‘I have a new outlook’

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MARSHALL — It was the phone call Laurie Melby had been waiting more than a year for. At 5 a.m., while Melby was working her shift as a Certified Nursing Assistant in Marshall, she got the news that she would be receiving a new kidney. “When I got the call that morning, I was in complete ...

Addison parking lot to close Monday

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MARSHALL — A public parking lot in Marshall’s downtown will be closed for construction starting next week, the city of Marshall announced Friday. The Addison lot, which is located across from the Marshall 6 movie theater near the corner of Lyon Street and College Drive, will be closed ...

Laumann charged with attempted murder in Marshall standoff

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MARSHALL — Criminal charges have been filed against the man arrested after a multi-hour police standoff on East Main Street in Marshall this week. Paul Kenneth Laumann, 63, made his first appearance in Lyon County District Court via Zoom on Friday. Laumann is charged with first degree ...

Tyler approves land purchase option for Avera

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TYLER — Earlier this month, the city of Tyler acted to formally offer Avera Health an option to purchase about 21 acres of land for a new health care center. So far, however, it’s not yet known if Avera will take the offer, or what kind of facility they might build in Tyler if they do. ...