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$2.1M preschool construction project underway in Slayton

SLAYTON — Construction is underway for new facilities for the only child care center in Murray County. Ashley Haken, a member of the Wonder World Preschool board, said concrete work on the $2.1 million project will hopefully be finished up in the next couple of weeks. The goal is to complete the project by July 2027, she said. “I think people are excited to see the progress has started,” Haken said. This week, an energy development company has also launched a matching gift campaign to support Wonder World Preschool’s new building. Invenergy, a Midwest-based energy ...

A dance-off on the diamond

MARSHALL — The seventh-inning stretch had come and gone, but the show wasn’t over on the softball diamond at Marshall’s amateur sports complex. Announcers interrupted the game between the Marshall Police and Fire Departments to call all the players out on the field for a dance-off. ...

DNR to hold info session on Community Forests Grants

MARSHALL — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is offering a total of $1.7 million in grants for communities dealing with the emerald ash borer. Next week, DNR representatives will be in Marshall to offer some in-person information on how local governments, nonprofits and schools can apply for the grants. An information session will be held Monday at the Marshall-Lyon County Library, the DNR said. “We know emerald ash borer affects communities across Minnesota and it can be challenging and expensive to deal with,” DNR urban and community forestry coordinator ...

‘Very proud to be picked’

LYND — Dan and Kelly Pochardt did not expect to be singled out. ​When they learned they had been selected as Lyon County's Farm Family of the Year, their first reaction was to think of the farms around them. ​"We feel very proud to be picked," Kelly said. "We know a lot of neighbors ...

Right on Q for Horvath, Brunsvold

MARSHALL — In Marshall, Quentin Brunsvold is well known as the fire chief. Quinn Horvath is a local funeral home director. Together, however, many people in southwest Minnesota have seen them in an entirely different way — as the Singing Qs. And on Aug. 21, the singing duo will return to ...

It’s a hoot’ to watch duck race

MARSHALL — Marshall Noon Rotary member Matt Pederson says “it’s kind of a hoot” to see hundreds of small rubber ducks floating down the Redwood River heading toward the finish during the Sounds of Summer. “It’s been kind of fun for me — is that you go down into the bottom of ...