MARSHALL — Strong wind gusts and blowing snow reduced visibility at times around southwest Minnesota on Wednesday, as the region was in a blizzard warning. The weather closed Marshall area schools early and canceled some evening events. But while the winds gradually die down, extreme ...

MARSHALL — Preventing fraud is currently a hot topic in Minnesota, and this week Lyon County commissioners had questions about fraud investigation for Southwest Health and Human Services leaders. SWHHS Director Stacey Timm and Deputy Director Nancy Walker said that while SWHHS has a fraud ...

MARSHALL — Marshall High School senior Nouh Dahir has earned a full scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to highlight January’s session of Tiger Spotlight at Tuesday night’s Marshall School Board meeting. The board recognizes a “Student of the Month” from ...

MARSHALL — A group of community members gathered together and walked along Main Street in Marshall Tuesday afternoon in protest of the recent United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity taking place. Current Marshall resident and Minneapolis native Gerald Gerdes ...

MARSHALL — Lyon County has found a replacement for a system that provides emergency weather notifications to area residents. On Tuesday, county commissioners voted to approve a five-year contract for the Motorola RAVE notification service. At a total cost of about $26,000, the Motorola ...

MARSHALL — The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office received more than 7,900 calls for service over the past year — a figure that was down a little from 2024, Lyon County Sheriff Eric Wallen said this week. Wallen reported on Sheriff’s Office activity in 2025 for county commissioners on ...