GOP Candidate Brad Finstad formally requested a recount following Tuesday night’s election where he came up short by 323 votes to DFL Candidate Jake Johnson. “Thank you to the 326,000 of my fellow southern Minnesotans who turn out to vote on Tuesday,” Finstad said. “We will work to ...
The Minneota Vikings players hold up the section 4A Football trophy after defeating the Dawson-Boyd Blackjacks 21-12 Friday afternoon at the Schwan Regional Event Center on the Southwest Minnesota State University campus. For coverage of the game, turn to page B1.
MARSHALL — Lyon County’s landfill site for construction and demolition waste will need to close in the future – but there are still plenty of questions that need to be answered first, Lyon County commissioners said. This week, commissioners heard a presentation on different options for filling up or closing the construction and demolition landfill near Russell. Lyon County Environmental Administrator Roger Schroeder said there were different courses of action the county could take, including trying to fill up the C&D landfill as quickly as possible, or continuing to divert some of ...
MARSHALL — Political divides showed among Lyon County voters in this year’s elections, according to an exit poll conducted by Southwest Minnesota State University students. Exit poll results released Tuesday said party loyalty was a strong predictor of which candidates voters supported. Political polarization also showed in voters’ top issues and whether they thought the country was on the right track, the poll said. SMSU political science students have conducted exit polls in Lyon County for every general election since 1996. This year, students collected a total of 436 exit ...
MARSHALL — A mock election held at Marshall High School this week showed close races for U.S. House and Senate, Minnesota governor and Minnesota Legislature. However, the mock election results showed Democratic candidates had the lead in several races. The MHS Honor Society has conducted ...
MARSHALL — The firearms deer hunting season opens in Minnesota this weekend. However, this year there will be some important changes for the deer opener, including sampling for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in southwest Minnesota and the end of shotgun-only hunting in many Minnesota counties. More than 400,000 hunters are anticipated to participate in the 2026 deer opener on Saturday, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said. In southern Minnesota, deer populations are stable or increasing, largely due to a series of mild winters that have helped more deer survive, the DNR ...
