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New Farm to Fiber Festival planned in Ivanhoe

IVANHOE — Fiber arts can bring a lot of people together, from the farmers who raise animals like sheep, to the people who process the wool, and turn it into clothing and other items. This weekend, organizers of a new free event hope to build more of those connections. “Whether they’re in the agricultural world, the livestock world or the fiber arts world, we want folks sharing those conversations,” said Jenny Parkhurst, one of the organizers of the Farm to Fiber Fest, which will be held Sunday in Ivanhoe. The first Farm to Fiber Festival will be at Gilson Field in Ivanhoe. The ...

A Box Car Days celebration

TRACY — Area residents lined the streets in downtown Tracy to watch the 99th annual Box Car Days parade. The procession included everything from local businesses to the Miss Tracy royalty and the Tracy Area High School marching band. Monday events also included the Fly-in/Drive-in ...

Marshall council to discuss possible library cuts

MARSHALL — Possible funding cuts by Lyon County could mean reductions in operations at the Marshall-Lyon County Library, according to agenda materials for this week’s Marshall City Council meeting. A discussion of 2027 library funding is on the agenda for Tuesday’s council meeting. Funding allocations for the library have been part of ongoing budget talks for the Lyon County Board of Commissioners this summer. The county is facing budget challenges like rising costs for insurance and health and human services. At earlier budget talks, Lyon County commissioners considered ...

Tyler man charged with child pornography possession

LINCOLN COUNTY — A Tyler man was charged this week with possessing and distributing child pornography, Lincoln County District Court records said. Court records said Niel Jeffery Jensen, 56, appeared at a hearing Thursday on 12 counts of possession of child pornography and two counts of distribution of child pornography charges. A criminal complaint alleges that, on Aug. 18, the Buffalo Ridge Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force received a tip from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, saying that Jensen had shared a pornographic image of a juvenile through Instagram chat ...

Habitat home takes shape

MARSHALL — Construction of a new Habitat for Humanity home in Marshall has made rapid progress over the past couple of weeks. The house’s exterior walls and roof of the building are now in place, and Habitat representatives would also be looking at landscaping options soon, said Kayla ...

Murray County to examine jail needs

SLAYTON — With the cost of housing inmates at the Lyon County Jail set to increase in the next couple of years, Murray County officials are looking for possible alternatives in the future. At this week’s Murray County Commissioner meeting, commissioners voted to have a building committee do an assessment of correctional facilities needs in the county. On Friday, Murray County Sheriff Heath Landsman said the committee could look at the feasibility of different potential options, including whether to build a correctional facility in Murray County, or possibly whether to try and ...