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DeGroot joins Marshall council in Ward 2

MARSHALL — The Marshall City Council started its regular meeting Tuesday by swearing in a new member. Eric DeGroot took the oath of office as he attended his first meeting as the new council member for Marshall’s Ward 2. DeGroot will be filling a vacancy left on the council when former ...

MARSHALL — Area communities gathered to observe Veterans Day today, with events like programs honoring U.S. military veterans. In Marshall, some of the observances included guest speakers and music at Marshall High School, and at local senior living centers.

SMSU athletes put up downtown holiday lights

MARSHALL — Getting Marshall’s Main Street ready for the holiday season might seem like a big task. But student athletes from Southwest Minnesota State University were making fast progress on Monday afternoon. Members of the SMSU Mustang football team split up into groups to string ...

Mellenthin farm survives 150 years of good and hard times

One-hundred-year-old Harold Mellenthin sat at the head of the dining room table inside the house on the family farm that is also 100 years old located in Lynd Township in Lyon County. Younger members of the Mellenthin family sat along the table listening to the patriarch of the Mellenthin ...

Homemakers stay connected

MARSHALL - The Household Executives club in Marshall has given its members more than a half century of enjoyment and fellowship. The club was started in 1973, when a group of homemakers in the southwest corner of Marshall banded together. They met every third Monday of the month, a night ...

No paper Wednesday

Due to no mail delivery on the Veterans Day holiday, there will be no Wednesday printed edition of the Independent. For the latest news, go to Marshallindependent.com today and Wednesday. Coverage of the various Veterans Day programs will appear in the Thursday edition of the Independent.