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Next phase of Hwy. 19 work starts this year

MARSHALL — With the return of spring, signs of road construction season will be appearing. This week, representatives of R and G Construction said flags to locate utility lines will start going up in boulevards along part of Highway 19 (College Drive) in Marshall. The utility markers are ...

Law enforcement explain drug swabbing

MARSHALL — Collecting and testing trace evidence can be part of criminal investigations. But the process of taking samples might look unusual to the public, area law enforcement officers said. Sometimes, tools like cloth gloves can be used for collecting possible samples of drug ...

McFall to run in House District 15A

GRANITE FALLS — A Granite Falls resident is one of the three Republican candidates who are running for the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 15A. Hunter McFall announced this week that he will run for the seat, after current Rep. Chris Swedzinski said he will not seek ...

‘A sense of belonging’

MARSHALL — Nearly 300 area students packed the gymnasium at Southwest Minnesota State University Thursday morning for the annual Math Masters competition, welcoming in fourth, fifth and sixth grade students for a day of arithmetic. Math Masters is a program that has students participate in ...

‘High-level entertainment’

MARSHALL — The Marshall Beats program is back to host a pair of drumline shows this weekend that will bring a variety of sounds and performances with the theme “Parade of Hits.” “This year is called ‘The parade of Hits,’ and it has all these different tie-ins to its theme. We've ...

Sturrock to run for House Dist. 15A

MARSHALL — A third area resident has announced he will run for the Minnesota House of Representatives seat currently held by Rep. Chris Swedzinski. On Thursday, Marshall resident David Sturrock said he will seek the Republican endorsement for House District 15A. “I am running to give ...