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‘Super patriotic’

MARSHALL — KaLea Swenson’s service with the National Guard started when she was 17. It hasn’t been an easy path since then. She balanced two overseas deployments with studying to become a Realtor, running a business and starting a family. But Swenson says she doesn’t regret ...

Cold snap to bring light snow to region

A taste of wintry weather will be blowing into southwest Minnesota over the weekend. The forecast for Marshall includes a little snow and temperatures around freezing, the National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls said. In other parts of the U.S. the forecast includes snow in the ...

Stepping up for veterans

MARSHALL — Teams of fitness enthusiasts will be gathering downtown Tuesday night for a new kind of Veterans Day event. “We’re all showing up as a community and doing a workout,” to raise funds and awareness for veterans’ mental health, said Katie Galbraith, owner of MSHL Fitness ...

Lyon Co. Board calls for end to nuclear moratorium

MARSHALL — This week, Lyon County commissioners added their voices to a group of Minnesota counties trying to make future nuclear energy development possible in the state. At Tuesday’s county board meeting, commissioners voted to sign a resolution urging legislators to lift the ...

Weathering a problem for downtown art

MARSHALL — Over the years, the elements have taken their toll on murals on buildings in downtown Marshall. At the corner of Main and Third Street, artwork celebrating Marshall area history has sections of peeling or missing paint, while some panels of the image are gone. A lot of the ...

Insurance fraud trial linked to house explosion

REDWOOD FALLS — A court trial was held this week for a Marshall man charged with insurance fraud. A judge heard testimony Tuesday in Redwood Falls in the case of Kenneth James DeBaere, and then set deadlines for attorneys to file written briefs in the case. DeBaere was charged with two ...