MARSHALL — It’s one of the key skills children learn when they come to school — and over the past three years, teachers at West Side Elementary have been using a new approach to help their students master reading. Teachers are using an approach called balanced literacy and guided ...
NORTH MANKATO — DFL candidate for Minnesota’s First Congressional seat Dan Feehan rolled out a plan to tackle the influence of “dark” money on politics during a conference call, Tuesday. Feehan announced it on the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United ...
MARSHALL — An incident reported at 4:21 p.m. Tuesday is under investigation, Marshall Police said. TRACY — Criminal sexual conduct was reported at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday on the 200 block of State Street, Tracy Police said. No further information was available. TRACY — Theft was ...
The I-29 Moo University Dairy Beef Short Course will be on Tuesday, March 24, as part of the pre-educational events for the Central Plains Dairy Expo. The short course will be held in the Denny Sanford Premier Center, Sioux Falls, S.D., in rooms 8, 9, and 10. This year’s program will focus on ...
The 36th annual Farm Outlook & Education Seminar will be from 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, in the Conference Center Ballroom on the campus of Southwest Minnesota State University. The Farm Outlook & Education Seminar is a scholarship fundraiser for students in SMSU’s ...
MARSHALL — Lyon County will be going ahead with a public hearing on refugee resettlement next week. But county commissioners made it clear they won’t be voting on the issue — they’ll just be listening to county residents. “Our job is to listen, and present information as best we ...
IVANHOE — The Lincoln County Board decided Tuesday that the best course of action on the nationwide refugee resettlement issue was to take no action at all. Commissioners discussed the issue at their regular meeting and received a legal interpretation from County Attorney Glen Petersen. It ...
NEW ULM — Two deadly accidents on snowy, icy highways took the lives of two women in New Ulm and Nicollet on Monday. Both accidents were car vs. semi crashes. The first occurred on Highway 111 in Granby Township, Nicollet County, at 11:21 a.m. A 17-year-old St. Peter girl was driving a ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates have spent weeks reassuring voters they can unify the party, avoid the divisions that plagued the 2016 primary and defeat President Donald Trump in the fall. Instead, the scars of that battle are being ripped open less than two weeks ...
TRACY — A 19-year-old man was cited for failing to stop at a stop sign in an incident reported at 3:03 p.m. Sunday on the intersection of Fourth Street and South Street, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Department said. MARSHALL — A 20-year-old person was cited for seat belt violation in an ...
MARSHALL — Leslie McLemore said he first heard Martin Luther King, Jr., speak in 1963, when McLemore was a college student. “I have never heard anybody in my life as eloquent as Dr. King,” McLemore said. But while King was known for messages of peace and love, he also spoke truth to ...
MARSHALL — The lead-up to the 2020 presidential election officially got started in Minnesota on Friday with the start of early absentee voting for a presidential primary. It will be the state’s first presidential primary since 1992 — but there are still some questions over how the March 3 ...
MARSHALL — A hit-and-run incident was reported at 4:42 p.m. Sunday on the 1500 block of Boyer Drive, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — A driver was cited for violation of an instruction permit in an incident reported at 12:18 p.m. Sunday on the intersection of North Third Street and ...
Photo by Mike Lamb The Marshall Academy of Dance held its 2020 winter dance recital Sunday at the Schwan Community Center for the Performing Arts inside Marshall High School. Above, members of the preschool perform their routine. One section performed “Ours” and the other section presented ...
MARSHALL — Today is an annual holiday in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. But remembering King’s legacy shouldn’t be a passive thing, said Leslie McLemore. “It’s not a day off. It’s a day on,” when people should step forward to serve their communities, he ...
SIOUX FALLS — The Avera Human Performance Center at the Avera on Louise Health Campus in Sioux Falls is now open. A public open house was Jan. 19. “This facility is a well-designed home for the great care and training expertise that athletes and patients have come to expect from Avera. ...
Boerboom is new employee at Kesteloot Enterprises Kesteloot Enterprises announces a new employee. Brad Boerboom will join the sales team at KEI continuing to provide equipment for a variety of needs. He has 28 years of experience in agricultural business and is eager to meet new and existing ...
MARSHALL — A 31-year-old Marshall man was arrested on a warrant in an incident reported at 4:27 p.m. Friday on the 500 block of East Main Street, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — A 41-year-old Marshall man was arrested for trespass and disorderly conduct in an incident reported at 9:23 ...
MARSHALL — The snow moving across southwest Minnesota will likely stop falling today — but with 50-mile-an-hour wind gusts picking up the flakes, it might not look that way. A blizzard warning will remain in effect for much of southwest Minnesota through 6 p.m. today, the National ...
MARSHALL — Starting Friday, Minnesota voters became some of the first in the country able to cast ballots for this spring’s presidential primaries. However, although early voting officially started, there weren’t any ballots cast at the Lyon County Government Center on Friday, said County ...