The Southwest Minnesota State University Music Program will host concerts in Worthington on March 27 and Marshall on March 28. The concerts will feature guest artist and founding member of the Blues Brothers, Tom “Bones” Malone. The Worthington High School Jazz Band will be featured in ...

The spring kick-off for GOLD College will be held in the William Whipple Gallery at SMSU on Wednesday, March 8, starting at 2 p.m. The William Whipple Gallery is in the SMSU McFarland Library located in Bellows Academic at SMSU. The kickoff event will feature keynote speaker Cassie Williams ...

VFW Auxiliary art contest The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 742 Auxiliary is having an art contest. Sing the: “Star Spangled Banner” Youth ages 6 to 16 years old. A video of contestant solo vocal performance, must be recorded by March 20. One should state their name and age prior ...

Southwest Minnesota State University hosted the 12th annual Ag Bowl Scholarship Invitational, presented by Ralco Nutrition of Marshall, on Feb.3. Over 1,100 FFA students from across the state came to the campus of Southwest Minnesota State University for this year’s invitational. Congressman ...

Johnson named to dean’s list at Hamline Luke Johnson, of Tyler, was named to the Hamline University College of Liberal Arts dean’s list for the fall 2022 term. Johnson was among 597 students to make the dean’s list in fall 2022. To qualify, students must earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher ...

SMSU Creative Writing Program to host alumnus/poet Matthew Ness Southwest Minnesota State University will host Matthew Ness from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the William Whipple Gallery for a Valentine’s Day poetry reading. Matthew Ness is a 2007 graduate of SMSU. He earned bachelor’s ...