PORTER — A Lincoln County resident and farmer plans to run for Minnesota state Senate in Sen. Bill Weber’s district. Krist Wollum, a grain and cattle farmer from rural Porter and the legislative chair of the Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association, announced this week that he will run ...

MARSHALL — Some temporary parking spaces created during construction on West College Drive in Marshall last summer could become permanent. At Tuesday’s Marshall City Council meeting, council members voted to introduce a proposed ordinance change that would allow parking along a block of ...

MARSHALL — The Marshall City Council will be considering whether to authorize funding of street reconstructions and other projects, starting with a couple of public hearings on Feb. 10. One of the upcoming hearings will focus on the city’s street reconstruction plan and the issuance of ...

ECHO — It was a project that took a little more than a year of construction work to complete. But a new dry fertilizer plant near Echo will be more efficient for area farmers, said Meadowland Farmers Coop agronomy manager Ralph Price. “There was a need in our area for a bigger ...

MARSHALL — A former Tracy business owner will be serving jail time and paying restitution, after pleading guilty to theft by swindle charges last year. Darin Lee Horner appeared in Lyon County District Court on Tuesday for a sentencing hearing. In August, Horner pleaded guilty to two ...

NEW ULM — For the last three months, Morgan Blackstad and Cris Gant have led a grassroots charge to change the way domestic violence is talked about in the state by forming the organization, Minnesota United Against Domestic Violence. There are two main goals of Minnesota United Against ...