MARSHALL — As part of their first meeting of 2026, Lyon County Commissioners voted in a new county board chairman and vice-chairman this week. In two separate votes Tuesday, commissioners approved a nomination of Todd Draper as board chairman, and Thomas Andries as vice chairman. Following ...

MARSHALL — During a town hall meeting in Marshall, state legislators got a couple of questions from area residents about the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Both state Rep. Chris Swedzinski, R-Ghent, and Sen. Gary Dahms, R-Redwood Falls, said they wanted ...

MARSHALL — There was some slipping and sliding going on at the Red Baron Arena and Expo last weekend – but that was all part of learning the sport of curling, area residents said. For a lot of the people gathered on the ice, it took a few tries to get a 45-pound curling stone moving ...

GREEN VALLEY — Area firefighters responded to a barn fire west of Green Valley on Wednesday afternoon. The fire caused extensive damage to the building, and some livestock were lost, said Ghent Fire Chief Bill Maertens. However, there were no human injuries reported, he said. The Ghent ...

MARSHALL — Fuel costs were part of the discussion about Lyon County’s 2026 fee schedule this week. Before approving 2026 fees, the commissioners’ consensus was to increase the overhead for area agencies to purchase fuel from the county by 10 cents per gallon. The county fee schedule ...

MARSHALL — With the Marshall Public School District facing upcoming budget cut decisions after the recent 10-year, $2 million referendum was voted down, community members voiced their thoughts to the school board at a recent meeting regarding what’s to come. District officials are to hand ...