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One injured in Hwy. 68 crash

REDWOOD COUNTY — A Lucan woman was injured in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday evening on Minnesota Highway 68 in Redwood County, the Minnesota State Patrol said. Sandra Jean Witzke, 73, was transported to Avera Marshall Medical Center with non life-threatening injuries, the State Patrol said. The crash was reported at 6:17 p.m. near the intersection of Highway 68 and Redwood County Road 8. A 2009 Chevrolet Impala driven by Witzke was eastbound on Highway 68 when it went off the road and hit a sign, the State Patrol said. After hitting the sign, the vehicle went back across the ...

Temporary intersection closure planned

MARSHALL — Drivers in Marshall should be aware of a possible temporary road closing on part of Lyon Street downtown today, contractors said. In a construction update this week, Erika Coudron of R and G Construction said crews will need to close the Lyon Street/East College Drive intersection in order to saw and seal concrete joints in the new road surface. Depending on weather, crews plan to close the Lyon Street crossing from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. on July 2. The joint sealing work may not take the entire four-hour period, Coudron said. Part of East College Drive, between Main Street ...

Way past knee-high by July 4th

NEW ULM — Bolstered by warm weather and occasional showers, area corn continued to grow rapidly this week, reaching shoulder high or more in many areas. Lake Crystal Farm Management Analyst Kent Thiesse said the standard corn growth measure of “knee-high by July 4th” has been replaced by “waist-high to shoulder high by July 4” with today’s corn production. Current weather conditions are shrinking the Minnesota drought to the southwest corner and north central Minnesota, according to the U.S. Monthly Drought Outlook released Tuesday. “There is no drought at all from ...

Marshall in heat advisory this week

MARSHALL - A heat advisory is hitting marshall this week, with potential thunderstorms coming into the night keeping the temperature humid. According to the National Weather service, Lyon County is under a heat advisory on Monday from 1 to 9 p.m. and a hazardous weather outlook until Sunday. Temperatures hit their peak on Monday at 94 degrees. However, according to Andrew Kalin with the National Weather Service, the summer-like heat is expected to continue for the rest of the week. With highs into the 90s on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Beyond just the heat, the days are also ...

Balaton Fun Fest Grand Parade

The Balaton Fun Fest grand parade on Saturday featured all the elements of a entertaining parade. There were bands, clowns, horses, tractors and lots of firetrucks. Besides the parade, the Fun Fest also featured a heated rib cook-off at at Legion-Lion Park. Food vendors, a petting zoo and ...

‘Grateful and humbled’

MARSHALL — Two individuals who played important roles in building the Marshall baseball program into one of the state’s best were honored Sunday evening with induction into the Marshall Baseball Hall of Fame. Steve Fleck and Blaine Schnaible became the 20th and 21st members of this select ...