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Former tru Shrimp company in receivership

MARSHALL — A company that announced plans to build a shrimp production company in Madison, South Dakota, in 2019 is going through insolvency proceedings in Lyon County District Court. According to Lyon County court records, documents for the assignment for benefit of creditors of Iterro, Inc., were filed in November. The documents were filed around the same time that Iterro Life Sciences President and CEO Brian Knochenmus confirmed to the Independent that Iterro was closing down its facility in Balaton. The assignment for benefit of creditors, filed Nov. 20 in Lyon County District ...

Marshall Council awards $1.1 million bid for sewer lining work

MARSHALL — Bids for proposed repairs to Marshall sewer lines came in lower than an engineer’s estimate, Marshall Public Works Director Jason Anderson said this week. Members of the Marshall City Council voted to approve a total construction bid of close to $1.1 million, to install cured-in-place pipe liners in about 9,200 feet of city sewer pipe. The engineer’s estimate for construction costs was $1.28 million, according to agenda materials at Tuesday’s council meeting. “These are all pipe systems that we know that we’re not going to reconstruct for the next 10 to 20 ...

Crash injures two south of Garvin

GARVIN — Two people were injured in a Monday morning crash south of Garvin, the Minnesota State Patrol said. The crash was reported at 6:56 a.m., at U.S. Highway 59 and 231st Street in Lake Sarah Township located in Murray County. A 2024 Subaru Crosstrek driven by Romana Lee Ennenga, 71, of Currie, was westbound on 231st Street, and a 2021 Lexus RX driven by Sara Marie Ormberg, 45, of Marshall, was northbound on Highway 59, when the vehicles collided in the intersection, the State Patrol said. Sara Ormberg and a passenger in the Lexus, Aubrey Lynn Ormberg, 16, were taken to Avera ...

‘Time to get involved’

MARSHALL — Concerns like fraud in state government were on the minds of people gathered at the Lyon County Republican convention on Saturday. State Sen. Gary Dahms said he thought it was spurring participation in the convention process. “Looking out at this crowd, I think it’s been ...

Avera Thrift Store operations to change hands

It’s been part of the Marshall area community for close to 40 years. Now, the Avera Marshall Thrift Store will be changing hands. Avera Marshall and the Marshall Area YMCA announced Monday that the Y will be taking over operations of the Thrift Store effective May 4. The Thrift Store will continue operating at its current location on East main Street during the transition. “We’re hoping to make this transition in the next couple months,” said Cindy Rosa, CEO of the Marshall Area YMCA. “As the health care industry becomes increasingly complex, we must focus our time, ...

Knudson receives leadership award

In January, Boulder Estates Executive Director Jim Knudson first got the news that he would be receiving a statewide leadership award. On Feb. 10, Knudson formally received LeadingAge Minnesota’s 2026 Outstanding Leadership Award. “Jim is widely respected for his open-door leadership ...