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4-H jokes and stitches entertain Yellow Medicine County Fair

CANBY — Fourth grader Lydia Webb had a few jokes to tell during the Yellow Medicine County Fair on Saturday. She walked onto the stage and grabbed the mic and proceeded to entertain the audience of fellow 4-H'ers and parents inside the fair pavilion “A rooster is standing on top of a ...

Riding for ‘a good cause’

AMIRET — Curt Mercie has his crew with him every year on the Toys for Tots Motorcycle run that starts in Amiret. “We’ve been doing this run for how many years? Twenty? We’ve been doing for pretty much forever,” he said while waiting Saturday morning for more motorcyclists to ...

Farmers dealing with ‘tight margins’

MARSHALL — What is the state of agriculture in southwest Minnesota? It depends, speakers at an event in Marshall said Tuesday. “I think it’s a mixed bag out there. But overall it’s very tight margins in corn and soybeans,” said farm management analyst Kent Thiesse. Farmers raising ...

Tyler’s Disney affair

Tyler finished their Ableskiver days weekend fair with a grand Disney movie themed parade. According to Ableskiver chairman Diane Borresen, the fair celebrates Tyler's cultural Danish heritage with golf tournaments, family fair events, car shows and church service. The fair serves staple ...

Lynd man faces fraud, firearms charges in Lyon Co.

MARSHALL — A Lynd man is facing charges of illegally possessing firearms and financial transaction card fraud in Lyon County District Court. Court documents said future hearings in both criminal cases are scheduled for Caleb Michael Ose, 40. Ose is charged with two counts of possessing firearms or ammunition after being convicted or adjudicated for a crime of violence, court documents said. A criminal complaint filed July 20 in Lyon County District Court alleges that law enforcement found ammunition and firearms like a break-action shotgun, black powder rifles and a black powder ...

Candidates file for Marshall council, school board

MARSHALL — There will be one contested race for the Marshall City Council this fall, and three contested seats on the Marshall School Board, according to candidate filings reported by the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office. The filing period for city and school district offices in Minnesota closed at the end of the day Tuesday. In addition to the Marshall City Council and the Marshall Public School board, filings were reported for city council, township board and school board positions around Lyon County. The city of Marshall has a total of four city council seats up for ...