MARSHALL — Learning about the devastation that a cyclone caused on the island of Sri Lanka about a month ago was scary, said Southwest Minnesota State University student Shenal Alex Peries. “When it first happened, I was kind of frightened,” he said. Peries is an international student ...

CURRIE — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is looking for the public’s feedback on plans for an enhancement project on a shallow lake in Murray County. On Monday, spokespeople said the DNR is pursuing wildlife lake designation for Robbin’s Slough, which is located northeast ...

MARSHALL — Marshall area residents were cleaning up Monday, after being blasted with a few inches of blowing snow over the weekend. Blizzard conditions led to no-travel advisories being issued for most of southern Minnesota on Sunday and part of Monday morning. Within the city of Marshall, ...

MARSHALL — The chance to have fun and make friends was something worth traveling for, area cribbage fans said. “It’s like having another family,” said JoEllen Froseth. Froseth, a Sioux Falls resident, said cribbage fans manage to find places to play all around the country. Last ...

NEW ULM — Wayne Schoper retired after 25 years as a University of Minnesota Agricultural Extension educator not long ago, but he’s not done working with farmers yet. Last March, he became a Minnesota Department of Agriculture farm advocate. That should be no surprise to anyone who knows ...

ST. CLOUD — Marshall’s Yassin Yasin and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton’s Jilian Schoenfeld and Brayden VanDyke all earned a first-place finish at the FFA Winter Leadership Summit state competition last Monday.  FFA members from across the state spent the day at St. Cloud State University ...