MARSHALL — It was something she had worked on through more than 11 years of writing, revising, and rejections. Last year, Marshall resident Saara Myrene Raappana learned her collection of poetry, titled “Chamber After Chamber,” won the University of Massachusetts Press’s Juniper Prize ...

MARSHALL — A chance to support Habitat for Humanity, and a classical concert featuring several special guests, are both going on this weekend in Marshall. The public can check out the Picker’s Paradise Spring Vendor Show at the Red Baron Arena and Expo both today and Sunday. And on ...

MARSHALL — After spring semester the Natural History Museum at Southwest Minnesota State University will never be the same. Instead it will be new and improved through a $45,936 grant. It was received from the worldwide David B. Jones Foundation. Jones was a noted paleontologist. He ...

Ice, a white quarter horse stood along side the wooden platform as 12-year-old Tenley Birhanvl put her hands around the pummel and horn on the saddle. As she struggled to get her small body onto the saddle, Grandma Bug put her arms around Tenley and Terry Irons helped by lifting her legs and ...

MARSHALL — It wasn’t quite Arbor Day yet, but members of the Marshall Sunrise Rotary got a head start in celebrating by planting trees along a public path in Marshall on Thursday. Sunrise Rotary members helped city staff plant a total of five trees along the trail running between A Street ...

MARSHALL — Law enforcement officers weren’t the only responders during a standoff incident on Marshall’s East Main Street last week. Not far away from the standoff, community members were offering local residents a safe place to shelter. “We used one of our rooms at the Y to house ...