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A day for art

GRANITE FALLS If they weren’t artists when they walked in — they were when they walked out. Students from six area schools got a chance May 3 to sample four areas of art and bring home their creations. The day is funded through the Yellow Medicine Integration Collaborative and involves ...

Blazing a trail

RUSSELL It’s not obvious that the trails are there. Even when viewed from the perspective of a Google satellite map, it’s not easy to see many of the paths under the oak trees by Coon Creek. But the spreading network of trails, designed for offroad vehicles, have gotten positive ...

Mary’s courage

BALATON More than 300 high school students walked across the stage to receive their state FFA degree at the Minnesota State Convention Monday night, but perhaps none were as proud as Marshall High School’s Mary Sundquist. Seventeen-year-old Mary, who lives in Balaton, not only suffered ...

A new arrival

ECHO Mother Nature expects to see babies in the spring, as she did in the Hennens’ horse corral on the east edge of Echo nearly two weeks ago. Sandra Hennen’s trail horse, Sugar, had the first foal on the place since the Hennens moved there 13 years ago, Sandra said. “It’s been ...

A good fit

Editor’s note: This is the third in a four-part series on the challenges and successes that people with disabilities and the people who work with them experience. MARSHALL They go together like a tongue and groove cabinet door. A local cabinet making company and employment agency for ...

Rising to the challenge

There was plenty of chatter around the gymnasium at Southwest Minnesota State University’s Recreation/Athletic Facility, as area high school students buttoned their white chef’s jackets and set up their workstations. But once the judges started the time clock, things quieted down. The ...