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Better late than never

MARSHALL Marshall native Marc Remhof recently retired after spending 29 years as a Sun Country pilot. He also served in the U.S. Navy, worked as an aircraft mechanic and attended college. He’s done a lot of remarkable things in his life and he also has a loving family, but he said he’s ...

One last ride

RUSSELL It’s been part of Russell’s Bandwagon Days celebrations for more than a decade. But next week will be the last chance to see the cowboys in action at the Russell Stampede Rodeo. Local organizers said this year’s rodeo, on June 1 and 2, will be the last one. But they’re ...

Planting a legacy at SMSU

MARSHALL The past, present and future were harmonized in a special tree planting ceremony last week on the campus of Southwest Minnesota State University. Mirroring the planting of trees on campus more than 50 years ago when the university was founded, the SMSU Class of 2018 chose a 50th ...

Weighing the options

MARSHALL Talk about what, if anything, to do about the condition of Marshall’s city hall building has gone on for years. But settling on a course of action is a more complex process than it might seem. Earlier this week, members of the Marshall City Council continued to weigh options like ...

Science was brewing

MARSHALL It wasn’t quite your typical brewery tour. While the group of people following Dustin Brau through the back room at the Brau Brothers brewery last week were learning how the beer was made, there was also a heavy emphasis on how all the tanks, pumps and other equipment around ...

‘It isn’t late yet’

MARSHALL Farmers in the southwest Minnesota region that were buried in snow this April are being urged to be patient with their planting plans this spring. “Be as patient as we can and with each other as well as the those we interact with every day,” Paul Lanoue said. He is a ...