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Nine Marshall music students explore Europe

MARSHALL — For part of their summer vacation, a group of Marshall High School students got to perform at 11 places in five European countries, explore where Mozart lived, visit the Louvre and see the mountains of Switzerland. In July, the nine music students — Nathan Larsen, Ethan ...

A promise for SMSU’s future

MARSHALL — David Jones knew that the job of Southwest Minnesota State University president was a high-pressure one. But the pressure had a positive side, Jones told the crowd gathered on campus Thursday afternoon. “I want to say something about this job that may sound a little unusual. I ...

Two injured in Redwood Co. crash

MILROY — Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash east of Milroy on Wednesday morning, the Minnesota State Patrol said. An Arlington woman was transported to Sanford Tracy Medical Center, the State Patrol said. The crash was reported at 7:54 a.m. at the intersection of Minnesota Highway 68 and Redwood County Road 5. A 1997 Chevy GMT 400 driven by Lilli Jade Voneschen, 18, of Arlington was traveling westbound on Highway 68, and a 2012 Lexus hatchback driven by Xia Xiong, 26, of Walnut Grove, was traveling northbound on County Road 5. The two vehicles collided, the State Patrol ...

One arrested in Marshall assault incident

MARSHALL — A report was sent to the county attorney’s office for consideration of charges against a Marshall man involved in an assault incident in the early hours of Wednesday morning, Marshall Police said. Police reported that a 19-year-old Marshall male was arrested for second degree assault in an incident at 12:49 a.m. Wednesday on the 1500 block of State Street. More details on the incident were released in a safety notification sent to members of the Southwest Minnesota State University campus community on Wednesday. The notification said SMSU Public Safety responded to a ...

MMU generator plant nears completion

MARSHALL — Construction of a new electrical generator plant for Marshall Municipal Utilities made a lot of progress over the summer. Work on the generator project is nearing completion, said MMU Electric Operations Manager Tony Mead. “Things have been going well,” Mead said. “The ...

Amendment increases school funding

MARSHALL — On the Nov. 3 ballot, Minnesotans will be asked to make a decision that will affect school funding across the state. A ballot question will ask if the Minnesota Constitution should be changed to increase the amount of funding going to school districts from the state’s permanent school fund. If the constitutional amendment passes, it would result in additional funding of about $33 per student, Marshall Public Schools Superintendent Jeremy Williams said this week. “We want people to be informed and understand what it really is and what it means for schools,” Williams ...