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Spreading ‘Halloween cheer’

MARSHALL — There were lots of ways to join in some Halloween fun over the weekend. On Saturday, crowds of families and kids in costume were headed downtown, visiting businesses along Main and Third Streets, and even some outdoor tables set up along the way. Eric Miller said he was ...

GOP bus tour stops in Marshall

MARSHALL — Republican candidates for Minnesota state offices said Sunday they were working to give the state “a fresh start” if they were elected. “This is how we come together, giving our state a fresh start, a new direction. Because the pathway that we are on is not sustainable,” ...

Michelle Fischbach

Summarize why you are running for office. What are your priorities?
 I have always worked to make sure we have strong rural communities, where our children and grandchildren can live and thrive. I have heard repeatedly from constituents about the horrible fraud in Minnesota. I am working to ...

Peggy Flanagan

Summarize why you are running for office. What are your priorities? I’m running for the United States Senate to help people afford the lives they want to live. I’m someone who grew up on the margins, feeling like the bottom could fall out at any moment. Raised by a hardworking single mom, ...

Eric DeGroot

Personal (please list occupation, education and family): I grew up on a dairy farm north of Lake Wilson and attended Chandler-Lake Wilson schools until the 1992 tornadoes destroyed our high school. I graduated from Murray County Central in Slayton and then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in ...

Erik Osberg

Summarize why you are running for office. What are your priorities? I’m running for Congress because I believe that we can do better. I’m running to defend the Constitution and to restore checks and balances. I’m running to get corporate money out of politics to end corruption in ...