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Students, staff highlighted in November’s Tiger Spotlight

MARSHALL — The room was filled with eager students and proud families as the Marshall School Board presented the November Tiger Spotlight nominations at a meeting Monday night, the second of the new school year. Tiger Spotlight is a monthly tradition, where a student from each Marshall ...

No charges in Wood Lake fire truck crash

GRANITE FALLS — The Yellow Medicine County Attorney’s Office will not be filing criminal charges for a fatal fire truck crash that happened in September. On Thursday, Yellow Medicine County Attorney Mark Gruenes said that after reviewing all the evidence in the case, he had decided not to ...

Marshall elementary student struck by vehicle

MARSHALL — A Marshall second-grade elementary student was hit by a vehicle Thursday afternoon after school at the crosswalk intersection of 4th Street and Saratoga Street. According to a press release from Marshall Public Schools superintendent Jeremy Williams, emergency responders arrived ...

Red kettles, Santa return Saturday

MARSHALL — The holiday season is coming back, and volunteers will once again be ringing bells for the Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign. The kettle fundraising campaign starts this weekend in Marshall, and the main event will be Saturday, said Paul Bridgland, with the Lyon County Salvation ...

Lyon County commissioners approves ditch assessments

MARSHALL — A few different drainage ditch systems around Lyon County are in need of repairs, county staff said this week. To help with the projects, county commissioners approved one- or two-year assessments for a total of five ditches, including one ditch system that serves as part of the ...

Hwy. 19 reopens in Marshall

MARSHALL — A steady stream of cars were heading along West College Drive on Wednesday afternoon, as about six months of highway construction wrapped up for the season. The Minnesota Department of Transportation and R and G Construction announced that Highway 19 (West College Drive) was open ...