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Council questions landscaping ordinance

MARSHALL — Questions about tree planting led to some discussion at Tuesday’s Marshall City Council meeting. Under an amended city ordinance, home builders will not have to meet city tree planting requirements in order to get a permanent certificate of occupancy on a new house. Council members voted to approve the amendment, but only after they clarified what it might mean for Marshall residents. The proposed update – one of a few different ordinance amendments brought before the council on Tuesday – affected Marshall city ordinances on landscaping. Proposed new language in the ...

Wabasso terminates contractor in city water project

WABASSO — The city of Wabasso will be terminating the general contractor in an improvement project for the city’s water treatment facility and wells. That action came after the city learned the general contractor had an issue with their performance and payment bonds, said Wabasso City Attorney Matt Novak. In a statement Thursday, Novak said the city of Wabasso had given the contractor an opportunity to fix the problem with the performance and payment bonds, but the issue was not resolved. In the statement, Novak said the city of Wabasso provided the contractor with a termination ...

Rollover crash on College Drive

MARSHALL — A two-vehicle crash was reported at the intersection of Bruce Street and East College Drive on Friday afternoon. Marshall Police said no injuries were reported in the collision, but charges of running a stop light would be considered against one of the drivers involved. One of ...

‘Art Stars’ on display

MARSHALL — Paintings, ink drawings, sculptures and even optical illusions – there’s a wide variety of art by area youth on display at the Marshall Area Fine Arts Council’s new gallery space in Marshall. This week, artists and visitors attended a reception for the annual High School ...

Store owners maintain a strong work ethic

In 1967, Loren and Janice Veire moved to Ivanhoe and started a plumbing and custom spraying business. Ten years later, that business turned into a thriving small-town grocery store and eventually a convenient store. Through the years, the Veires developed a business motto that continues to ...

A recipe for success

MARSHALL — The excitement was high and the collaboration was profound between the 200-plus area high school students at the Southwest West Central Service Cooperative’s (SWWC) annual culinary skills challenge on Thursday at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. The culinary ...