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Lyon Co. awards housing aid to area projects

MARSHALL — Earlier this month, Lyon County commissioners heard three different proposals to help with housing needs in the county. On Tuesday, commissioners decided to distribute state affordable housing aid dollars to all three. Commissioners approved a proposal that would distribute $150,000 to Habitat for Humanity, $50,000 to United Community Action Partnership for homelessness prevention, and about $107,000 to Tapestry Companies, which has made multiple tries to get financing to build affordable housing in Marshall. In agenda materials for Tuesday’s commissioner meeting, Lyon ...

ATV trail grant sparks discussion

MARSHALL — Proposed changes in funding for the Shady Oaks ATV Trail in Russell sparked some discussion with Lyon County Commissioners this week. Commissioners asked representatives of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources why proposed grant funding was being reduced, and why the ...

Community and Pride

MARSHALL — In a lot of ways, Pride celebrations are about building community, Marshall Pride organizers said. “This is about joy. It’s about experience, it’s about existence, and being in community with one another,” said Marshall Pride committee member Julie Walker, as she ...

Community members discuss the ideas that shaped America

MARSHALL — For America's 250th anniversary, community members came to the Lyon County Museum to reflect on America's past — the ideas that shaped it, and what its future will look like. On Tuesday, the Minnesota Humanities Center hosted a “Declaration of Independence and Liberty: Then and Now Community Conversation.” The event included a full reading of the Declaration of Independence followed by small group discussion. Attendees talked with others about what liberty and the pursuit of happiness means to them and what government institutions can do to achieve those goals. As ...

Redwood Street intersection to close

MARSHALL — Drivers in Marshall should be aware of another new change to traffic starting today. Representatives of R and G Construction said the intersection of West Redwood street and East College Drive downtown will be closed starting Tuesday for paving work. At the same time, the intersection of West Lyon Street and East College Drive will be opened to allow traffic to cross. The traffic changes will allow concrete and bituminous paving work to continue on East College Drive, said Erika Coudron of R and G. The Redwood Street intersection had been kept open for the past few ...

Putting the pretzel back into Pretzel Days

LUCAN — The sign said “SuperPretzel Soft Pretzels” on a warmer displayed next to the beer stand at Lucan Pretzel Days on Saturday. Selling pretzels shouldn’t be that unusual at an event called Pretzel Days. However, according to Lucan resident Lorna Plaetz, pretzels have been a no ...