MARSHALL — Southwest Coaches, the Marshall Public School District’s transportation partner, has recently installed a dual-camera system to further enhance student safety by increasing attention to drivers illegally passing by buses when the stop-arm is extended out. MPS Director of ...
MARSHALL — Lyon County Commissioners turned down a request for a discounted building rental fee for an event planned at the Lyon County fairgrounds this summer. The fee to rent two buildings for an upcoming Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association event will stay at $285, commissioners said. Lyon County parks programming manager Brooke Kor presented the request at Tuesday’s commissioner meeting. She said the MSCA plans to bring its annual Summer Tour event to Marshall in July. “The rental fee for the two buildings they’re using, the hoop barn and the Ralco building, is $285, ...
Equipment for agriculture research in Marshall, water infrastructure in Hanley Falls and a new water tower in Ruthton were among the projects in Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District that recently received a total of more than $9 million in federal funding. Late last week, U.S. Rep. Michelle Fischbach announced that a total of 11 projects had secured funding. The list of funded projects in CD 7 mainly included water and sanitary sewer system improvements, in a total of 10 different communities. Fischbach’s office said $594,963 was secured for Southwest Minnesota State university. ...
CANBY — The sun was shining, though the wind had a frosty bite out on Del Clark Lake Saturday. Howevrr, the cold didn’t stop people from coming out of their ice fishing houses and picking a spot for the two-hour fishing contest More than 150 people sat by holes drilled in the ice, ...
MARSHALL — Agriculture is an industry with connections to a lot of different career paths and skills. And at the Ag Bowl Scholarship Invitational, Minnesota high school students were demonstrating those skills at the campus of Southwest Minnesota State University. “You’d never be ...
HANSKA — After nine terms in the Minnesota Legislature, Republican District 15B Rep. Paul Torkelson of Hanska announced Friday that he will not seek re-election to the Minnesota House of Representatives in November. He will finish his current term that concludes in early January 2027, when ...
