MARSHALL — Learning about becoming a firefighter was a hands-on experience for a group of area women Saturday. It all started with putting on boots, helmets and turnout gear. Then, each participant got a chance to help take apart a crashed car with rescue tools like glass cutters and the ...
SLAYTON — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is seeking to acquire land for a wildlife management area south of the city of Slayton. The proposal, which would affect less than 9 acres of land, is on the agenda for the Murray County Board’s regular meeting this week. According to materials in the Murray County Board agenda for today, the DNR is proposing to acquire a total of 8.87 acres of cropland in Section 26 of Slayton Township. The land is connected to an existing wildlife management area near Big Slough, which is located south of Slayton. The DNR’s proposal, ...
NEW ULM – Over six months after it was announced that the New Ulm Diocese’s retirement and pension plans for current and former employees were facing a shortfall, employees are starting to hear answers. The New Ulm Diocese held a series of workshops to explain and answer questions on changes to retirement benefits programs for employees following a separation from the Christian Brothers Employee Retirement Plan (CBERP). The workshop included representatives from Arthur J. Gallagher & Co, who have provided consulting services for the dioceses and will be administering the new ...
MARSHALL — Noah Pieper pitched a perfect game with 15 strikeouts to lead the Marshall baseball team to an 8-0 Big South Conference win over Worthington Monday night. The Tigers also hit a homerun for the fourth consecutive game while on the way to their fifth-straight win. According to ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market fell from its record heights Monday, while oil prices jumped following escalations in the Middle East that may undermine the ceasefire in the war with Iran. The S&P 500 sank 0.4%, coming off its latest all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 557 points, or 1.1%, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.2%. The action was stronger in the oil market, where the price for a barrel of Brent crude leaped 5.8% to settle at $114.44. It jolted higher after the United Arab Emirates, a U.S. ally, said it came under attack by Iran for the first ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Nine Native American tribes in South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska are suing the federal government in a bid to stop exploratory drilling for graphite near a sacred site in the Black Hills. A small group of opponents has been demonstrating at the drilling location and at the mining company's headquarters in what they call a land defense effort since they learned ground was broken on the drilling project in late April. The tribes filed their federal lawsuit Thursday in South Dakota against the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Department of Agriculture, ...
