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‘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 ...

Dishing up success

MARSHALL Peachy Keen team members Megan Forster, Alexandra Froman, Clarissa Geisel and Dean Zinda believed they had developed a good product for a national culinology competition, but they kept getting pressure to change it. The Southwest Minnesota State University team members said people ...

SMSU makes history at Research Chef Association competition

MARSHALL For the first time in Research Chef Association history, first and second place in the national student culinology competition went to the same academic institution — Southwest Minnesota State University. The team of junior Dean Zinda and seniors Clarissa Geisel, Alexandra ...

100 years of John Deere

MARSHALL Site manager Kyle Minett and members of his staff at Kibble Equipment are busy getting ready for their spring open house called “Drive Green.” This year, they are also celebrating the 100th anniversary of the John Deere tractor. Minett said that this year’s models will be ...

Portraying the greats

MARSHALL Two classrooms at West Side Elementary School were recently taken over by famous trailblazers, legends, innovators and other impactful people, creating an entertaining and educational experience for many at the “Wax Museum.” Walking through the classrooms, people could find ...

Good things come in threes

RURAL WOOD LAKE Brad VanLerberghe, who typically sees things in black and white — as in black and white Holstein cows — recently experienced what many would call a miracle on the farm. On Saturday, the longtime dairy farmer had triplet calves born. As if the birth of triplet calves ...