In 1967, Loren and Janice Veire moved to Ivanhoe and started a plumbing and custom spraying business. Ten years later, that business turned into a thriving small-town grocery store and eventually a convenient store. Through the years, the Veires developed a business motto that continues to ...

MARSHALL — The excitement was high and the collaboration was profound between the 200-plus area high school students at the Southwest West Central Service Cooperative’s (SWWC) annual culinary skills challenge on Thursday at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. The culinary ...

MARSHALL — A middle school student was struck by a vehicle at a pedestrian crossing at the intersection of East Main Street and A Street, Marshall Police and Marshall Public Schools officials confirmed Thursday morning. Marshall Police Chief Jim Marshall and MPS Superintendent Jeremy ...

The state of Minnesota needs to maintain funding support for law enforcement training, Lyon County Sheriff Eric Wallen told Minnesota legislators. Last week, Wallen traveled to St. Paul to testify before the Minnesota Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee. Wallen said he and other law ...

NEW ULM — Bill Eibner and Brea Wear were on a gravel (sand) bar searching for fossils and artifacts on the Cottonwood River just east of the Brown County Highway 13 bridge April 10 when Eibner made another find. “It was a total surprise. The first time I’ve ever found a cretaceous shark ...

TYLER — The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton softball team’s offensive explosion resulted in the Knights’ first win of the year when they hosted Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda in Red Rock Conference play on Thursday afternoon. Paisley Thooft and Laken Baartman led a group of four Knights with three or ...