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Features

Changing lives — one chair at a time

MARSHALL Action Trackchair has been in the business of changing lives for 10 years — providing freedom, independence and mobility for its customers. Reflecting back over the last decade, owners Tim and Donna Swenson, as well as employee Alan Macht, said real-life stories of people whose ...

The gift of life

BALATON Balaton native Alyssa Kirk is willing to live the rest of her life with only one kidney to try and improve — and potentially save — the life of her 12-year-old cousin, Kristina Lunsford. Lunsford has been on the donor list for a year and Kirk has undergone testing that spanned ...

Fantastic fudge

MARSHALL After becoming one of America’s best known manufacturers of locally based honey products, the Klein family of Marshall has gained national success for its wide assortment of fudge. They branched out into fudge manufacturing as part of the establishment of the Walnut Grove ...

A place to call home

MARSHALL John Schroeder knows from experience that cats saved by an animal rescue program can become treasured members of a household. Schroeder adopted two kittens, Olivia and Lincoln, from the Marshall Pet Rescue program last fall. They came into the rescue program with health ...

Working through the weather

MARSHALL All of Minnesota was in a deep freeze this week, as subzero temperatures combined with wind chills close to 60 below. Weather and safety experts urged people to avoid going out in the cold. But although a long list of area businesses and schools closed down in response to the frigid ...

A front row seat to history

SLAYTON Christy Riley ventured to Washington, D.C., to launch her career, but in the end life’s highway led her back home. Riley began to serve as a U.S. House of Representatives staff member in 1990 when she was hired as a staff assistant for Congressman Vin Weber, who represented a ...