MARSHALL — The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office plans to appeal a judge’s rulings regarding a lawsuit against the owners of the Broadmoor Valley mobile home park in Marshall, a spokesperson said Friday. In September, Lyon County District Court Judge Tricia Zimmer denied a motion for ...

Several area communities have the same problem: their water and sewer systems are failing, and repairs will be costly. As a group of Minnesota state legislators toured southwest Minnesota this week, they heard a few different requests for state bonding dollars that focused on infrastructure ...

MARSHALL — Southwest Minnesota State University interim president Dr. David Jones identified areas of concentration to focus on in the university’s strategic plan during his year of service, and on the final year of the current plan. “Our SMSU strategic plan will expire here at the end ...

NEW ULM — Leon Olsen, a New Ulm concertina player, bandleader and teacher, died Tuesday at age 72 after a brief battle with cancer. In his life, Olsen recorded more than 250 songs on vinyl, cassette and CD, including at least 19 full-length albums. Volume 17 features his daughter, Alyssa, ...

MARSHALL — It was a high-pressure situation. Groups of students at Southwest Minnesota State University had just been asked to imagine that they were fleeing war in their home country. The students, role-playing as family groups, had just two minutes to decide which family members would make ...

MARSHALL — A pilot program for lending outdoor accessibility equipment is still taking shape, Audra Klinkner said. But while the Action Foundation’s Tow & Go program hasn’t officially launched, organizers are still helping area residents get outside. “We’ve helped 22 users in ...