MARSHALL — The Marshall Public School District honored members of the Hey family for operating Southwest Coaches bus service for 52 years during Monday's school board meeting. The meeting opened with a speech from Trisha Stelter, director of operations at Marshall Public Schools. She ...
There will be plenty of bull riding, speedway races, motorcycle engines roaring and Danish delicacies this weekend. The Yellow Medicine County Fair is set at the fairgrounds in Canby, Aebleskiver Days will be held in Tyler, and the annual Toys 4 Tots ride will start in Amiret on Saturday morning. Events at the Yellow Medicine County Fair start Thursday and run through Saturday. The fair will feature various 4-H events, including sheep, poultry, and rabbit shows. Ribbons will be awarded for the various winners of each event at 9 a.m. on Saturday. “We have a very large number of all ...
MINNEOTA — To meet the rising demand for more child care services, a Ghent child care center is close to opening a location in Minneota. Jamie Gillund, who currently operates The Little Explorers Childcare Center, said the Minneota center will have a capacity of 100 children. When she ...
WALNUT GROVE — The Wilder Pageant hosted its second week of performances over the weekend. But this week brought along new and familiar faces to longtime fans of the Little House books and show. Actresses, historians and people with direct connections to the Ingalls family arrived over the ...
MARSHALL — A Minnesota commission has officially opened the application process to fill the vacancy left after the death of District Court Judge Tricia Zimmer. Interviews for new judicial candidates are expected to be held in early September, said an announcement by the office of Gov. Tim Walz. Zimmer was appointed as a judge in Minnesota’s Fifth Judicial District in 2018. Zimmer’s legal career started in Lyon County, and she served as an assistant Lyon County attorney before later becoming a judge. She died June 27 at the age of 54. On Friday, the Commission on Judicial ...
MARSHALL — The Lyon County Sheriff's Department hired one new correctional officer after undergoing training for the safety of himself and others on the job, according to Sheriff Eric Wallen. With Trent Esping now on the Lyon County corrections staff, there still one opening and possibly ...
