Free time? That’s a foreign concept to Mike Imes, owner of Imes Insurance Agency in Wood Lake. Besides owning his insurance agency, the Wood Lake native farms 600 acres — corn and beans — on the family farm site just southeast of town. He’s also coached basketball for 30 years, the ...

SLAYTON — A Murray County 4-H member and Marshall High School sophomore student got the opportunity to attend a national conference at the country’s capital recently. Roman Gaul was one of 23 Minnesota 4-H students selected to join around 1,800 other members from across the country to ...

MILROY — Waving her hand, Addie Rykhus, 3, raced over to the Easter Bunny sitting on a bench inside the Milroy School cafeteria. Rykhus then gave the Easter Bunny a hug. For Alicia Eliason, who has donned the Easter Bunny suit for more than five years for the Milroy School PTO sponsored ...

The 250th anniversary of the United States is this year, but the story of American independence goes back farther than 1776. Dr. Anita Gaul said it’s important for people to keep in mind when looking back on the nation’s origins. “I think it’s important to understand why the ...

MARSHALL — It was chilly outside, but the weekend’s weather didn’t stop the fun of Easter festivities in Marshall. In the hallways of True Light Christian School, children were lining up for indoor egg hunts held in between the Easter services at Grace Life Church. A group of second ...

What began as an experiment in self-governance rooted in personal freedom and liberty has grown into the world’s most unique and important nation: the United States of America. Here, we can, within the boundaries of the law, do, say and think what we wish; we can worship as we choose; we have ...