MARSHALL — A service used to send emergency alerts to Lyon County residents’ phones has been discontinued after a cyberattack last month. Sheriff Eric Wallen said weather warning alerts from the CodeRED platform will no longer be available. Wallen said Onsolve, the provider of the ...

MARSHALL — A new home for a Slayton child care center, and updated water lines in the city of Edgerton, are among the projects seeking bonding dollars from the Minnesota Legislature. Ashley Haken, a board member of Wonder World Preschool in Slayton, told members of the Minnesota Senate’s ...

MARSHALL — The city of Cottonwood is in serious need of updates to a water main and other parts of its Main Street. But trying to get funding to help with the project has been a big obstacle, said City Administrator Teather Bliss. “I’ve exhausted all options,” Bliss told Lyon County ...

MARSHALL — A pair of Marshall High School junior marching band students have been selected to join the Bands of America Honor Band to take on the streets of Pasadena, California, for this year’s 137th annual Rose Parade. Mickensy Monsen and Christian Ramirez will travel to the West Coast ...

WESTBROOK — One person is dead after a structure fire reported in rural Westbrook over the weekend, the Cottonwood County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. The Sheriff’s Office said Lance Richard Larson, 36, was pronounced dead at the fire scene. The incident is under investigation, ...

MARSHALL — Lyon County Commissioners will be taking a look at where to make budget cuts, after being faced with an unusually high levy increase for 2026. At Tuesday night’s “Truth in Taxation” meeting, commissioners said they would hold a meeting Dec. 23 for the purposes of discussing ...