MARSHALL — This year’s Southwest Minnesota State University commencement address will be a little different — it will be given by a member of the graduating class. SMSU will have its 58th commencement at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 9, in the R/A Facility on campus. This year’s commencement ...

For the past four years, professional artist SammyJo Miller has been following her dream. Actually it’s probably two dreams. Both dreams led Miller and her husband, Eric, to move their family from the St. Cloud area to southwest Minnesota. “It’s been a long-time dream to publish a ...

MARSHALL — Rain earlier this week has made for muddy work in the Minnesota Highway 19 construction zone in Marshall. But while the weather did slow utility work down along part of East College Drive, representatives of R and G Construction said it didn’t cause any major delays. “As you ...

MARSHALL — As a result of deterioration and improving the safety of students and staff, the Marshall Public School (MPS) District will be redesigning and doing a full replacement of the Marshall Middle School parking lot over the summer. The reconstruction of the parking lot will be used ...

IVANHOE — Criminal charges have been dismissed against an Ivanhoe man who was convicted of criminal sexual conduct in 2023, Lincoln County District Court records said. The dismissal comes after the Minnesota Court of Appeals overturned a conviction for Aren Franc Hatton, and sent the case ...

GARVIN — Xcel Energy will be moving forward with building a natural gas-powered generating plant near Garvin this summer. On Thursday, Xcel announced it had received approvals for the project from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. Construction on the 420-megawatt Lyon County ...