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Celebrating cycling

MARSHALL A sunny May afternoon was the perfect time to hit the trail — or at least it was easy to draw that conclusion from the number of bikes parked outside the Marshall Area YMCA. The line of kids waiting to take their turn on a bicycle safety course outlined with orange traffic cones ...

Tobacco in all its bygone glamour

MARSHALL Even though tobacco no longer has the universal popularity it enjoyed for many centuries, tobacco artifacts from the past remain popular with museums and collectors. Items from Mark Schwanebeck’s tobacco products collection are being showcased this spring in the Heritage Room on ...

‘Their chance to shine’­

MARSHALL Marshall High School senior Rachel Thomsen, wearing a blue and gold dance outfit, knelt down at a far corner of the basketball court inside the Southwest Minnesota State University PE gym. As the music to “Jealous of the Angels” blared throughout the gym, the large crowd ...

Planes, drones and copters

MARSHALL Wearing an Academy of Model Aeronautics cap, John Gullickson intently looked straight ahead, his fingers resting on the controls. “There it goes again, I really did a number on that one,” Gullickson said. His airplane just crashed, but it will be OK. The airplane was flying on a ...

Always a Mustang

MARSHALL The music stopped for just a moment inside the Southwest Minnesota State University Ballroom Monday evening. That’s when Ross Anderson put down his saxophone and made an announcement. “We would like to dedicate these next two tunes to President (Connie) Gores,” Anderson ...

Kindness is catching on

MARSHALL Looking around the room filled with more than 50 Holy Redeemer School students working on this month’s Kindness Crew project April 8, program visionary Amy Sauter was amazed. “When we started the Kindness Crew in November, there were 18 kids and we’re getting close to 60 ...