MARSHALL — Marshall’s Sounds of Summer festival is starting tonight with a new event. Two teams of emergency responders, from the Marshall Police and the Marshall Fire Department, will be competing for bragging rights on the softball diamond. There’s plenty of anticipation leading up to ...

MARSHALL — With a late-evening sun shining and no clouds in the sky, Marshall’s first-ever Battle of the Badges softball game between the police and fire department brought in plenty of spectators and fun to kick off this year’s Sounds of Summer festivities. Held at the Marshall Sports ...

MARSHALL — The graduation rate for Lyon County’s drug treatment court program is close to state goals, Lyon County Commissioners learned this week. Over the past three fiscal years, a total of 17 people have graduated from the Lyon County treatment court, said program coordinator Alison ...

SLAYTON — The Murray County Central School District is pursuing an operating levy increase with a November special election, to revoke and replace its current levy while the district faces budget challenges. The district is asking Murray County residents to revoke the current referendum ...

GLENCOE — A Cottonwood man was injured in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday on U.S. Highway 212 in McLeod County, the Minnesota State Patrol said. Dane Kenneth Meyer, 61, was taken to an Allina Health facility with non life-threatening injuries, the State Patrol said. The crash was reported at ...

MARSHALL — Flash flooding, fallen trees and other damage were all reported in Lyon County this weekend and Monday. The Marshall area received several inches of rain as well as high winds, in what Mayor Bob Byrnes called an “unprecedented” weather event. “Over the past three days we ...