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Tricks, treats and fun planned this weekend

Halloween is this weekend, and there will be opportunities for treats and scary good fun at events around the area. In Marshall, families can visit downtown, the campus of Southwest Minnesota State University and area churches for a variety of holiday activities and trick-or-treating. Trick-or-treating fun starts Friday afternoon at Marshall senior living centers. Trick-or-treaters are invited to visit the Hill Street Place lobby area from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Heritage Pointe Senior Living will hold a trick-or-treating event in its community room, from 3:30-4:45. Boulder Estates will be ...

Nearly 500 early ballots cast in Lyon Co.

MARSHALL — Election Day is next week, but hundreds of Lyon County residents have already voted, County Auditor/Treasurer John Xiong said. Counting absentee, mail-in, and early voting ballots, the county had received a total of 2,413 ballots as of Tuesday, Xiong said. Of that total, 486 ballots were from early voting. There’s been a fairly steady stream of voters coming to the Lyon County Government Center since the early voting period opened on Oct. 16. “We’ve been averaging around 50 to 55 early voters daily,” Xiong said. He thought the steady turnout could be due to ...

Bringing home honors

TYLER — Members of Russell-Tyler-Ruthton High School’s FFA chapter had a warm welcome waiting for them this week after receiving national honors. “After a seven-hour drive, we had fire trucks waiting for us,” said Locklin Matzner, one of the members of RTR FFA’s Farm and ...

Ron Stephens

Why am I running for City of Tracy Minnesota Mayor?  I am running for Mayor of Tracy because people came to me and asked me to run because I'm an honest and trustworthy person. I have been a resident of Tracy since 1982. For 44 years I have lived here, and I've held the hands of close ...

Burke Gardner

Personal (please list occupation, education and family): • I teach English Language Arts at Tracy Area Public High School for 8th and 10th Grade. • I attended Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA, where I earned a BA majoring in, Theatre • My wife MyKelle and I have a seven year old ...

Russel Boice

Personal (please list occupation, education and family): I was born and raised in a rural area near Syracuse, NY. I moved to Colorado as a young adult where I worked in electronic maintenance at a steel mill. I was laid off at the mill then started a 30 year career at two Universities. I ...