MARSHALL — Career and Technical Education (CTE) opportunities continue to be a growing demand amongst high schools to help further expose students to different career fields with hands-on and professional experience. The Marshall Public School District continues to see positive growth in ...
BALATON — The Balaton Economic Development Authority will be stepping forward to try and help keep the city’s municipal liquor store open. Monday night, the EDA board approved terms for a $30,000 loan to the city of Balaton for the Balaton Liquor Store. The terms set by the EDA board included a 3% interest rate for the loan, with the liquor store building as collateral. During Monday’s meeting, board members also said that if the liquor store uses its remaining funds and has to dip into the $30,000 from the loan, it will trigger a special meeting with the Balaton City Council ...
PORTER — A Lincoln County resident and farmer plans to run for Minnesota state Senate in Sen. Bill Weber’s district. Krist Wollum, a grain and cattle farmer from rural Porter and the legislative chair of the Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association, announced this week that he will run ...
MARSHALL — Some temporary parking spaces created during construction on West College Drive in Marshall last summer could become permanent. At Tuesday’s Marshall City Council meeting, council members voted to introduce a proposed ordinance change that would allow parking along a block of Marvin Schwan Memorial Drive. The proposal would allow on-street parking on Marvin Schwan Memorial Drive between South First Street and West College Drive. The council will take action on the proposal at its Feb. 10 meeting. Introduction of the proposed ordinance change was approved as part of ...
MARSHALL — Some temporary parking spaces created during construction on West College Drive in Marshall last summer could become permanent. At Tuesday’s Marshall City Council meeting, council members voted to introduce a proposed ordinance change that would allow parking along a block of Marvin Schwan Memorial Drive. The proposal would allow on-street parking on Marvin Schwan Memorial Drive, between South First Street and West College Drive. The council will take action on the proposal at its Feb. 10 meeting. Introduction of the proposed ordinance change was approved as part ...
MARSHALL — A former Tracy business owner will be serving jail time and paying restitution, after pleading guilty to theft by swindle charges last year. Darin Lee Horner appeared in Lyon County District Court on Tuesday for a sentencing hearing. In August, Horner pleaded guilty to two counts of theft by swindle. Horner admitted that when he was the operator of Affordable Appliance Plus in Tracy, he took money from customers without ordering or delivering the appliances they purchased. Court documents said customers’ money was used for other purposes, including deposits to ...
