MARSHALL If you think homecoming activities at Southwest Minnesota State University happen at the spur of the moment, well Mike Van Drehle, alumni relations director and executive director of SMSU Alumni Board, is already planning Homecoming 2020. For the record, it will be Oct. 10, ...

The Alumni Heritage Gallery at the Southwest Minnesota State University Student Center is something to seek out if you want a better idea of what SMSU is all about. It’s almost impossible not to notice, however, for anyone who’s ever spent at least one semester at SMSU in any capacity. ...

MILROY It’s hard for Southwest Minnesota State alumnus Nicholas Schleif to describe his artwork. There are a lot of influences, he says, “pointillism,” for one since his art is composed of tiny dots. As in pointillism, the resulting picture can be appreciated from afar as well as up ...

Stefanie Slegers knows all about dental assisting, and after a 2019 mission trip she knows how much it can make a difference in one of the world’s impoverished countries. Slegers, a dental assistant in Tyler, took part in a week-long mission trip to Guatemala last winter. In that short ...

MINNEOTA - A major part of the Minneota area’s history is rooted in Iceland, and an entire overview of how Icelanders arrived in the local area was presented as part of the 2019 Boxelder Bug Days celebration. Cathy Josephson shared details of Icelandic immigration with an audience of about ...

MARSHALL It all started with stories, Marshall resident Alan Schuch said. When his children were younger, he used to make up stories for them before bedtime. “They would give me five minutes to tell a story,” Schuch said. The improvised tales weren’t always winners, he said, “But ...