When it comes to life and business, Melissa Syring says “you never know what life is going to hand you.” In 2017, Syring started a vendor business in Granite Falls just before Christmas that drew a positive response to area shoppers. “I few people asked us, ‘it would be nice if you ...
MARSHALL — Detecting breast cancer early can make a big difference for a patient’s treatment and survival. And breast cancer screening and prevention becomes even more important for women who are at a higher risk of developing cancer. Now, there are new resources available in Marshall to ...
MARSHALL — There will be all-ages fun at the Marshall Area YMCA this weekend. On Saturday, the YMCA's Healthy Kids Day event will be going on, while at the same time the Marshall Radio Control Club will be holding its annual model airplane show. Healthy Kids Day will offer special activities and events that are open to the public on Saturday. YMCA membership is not required to take part. The morning will start out with activities like bounce houses and games in the YMCA gymnasium, as well as open play at the new indoor playground. The active play events will be open from 9-11 ...
MARSHALL — The Lyon County landfill is looking at ways to cut down on the amount of “forever chemicals” in landfill runoff – but it’s a costly proposition. This week, Marshall City Council members passed a resolution in support of a $5.5 million state funding request for a PFAS ...
When Mark Staufacker was looking for a career opportunity 17 years ago, he decided to try his luck in the bar and restaurant business. Along with his father in law and brother in law, Keith and Kyle Brockberg, he purchased Ghent’s bar and ballroom. A generation ago the business was known as Ted’s Bar. The ballroom was called the Grandview Ballroom. More recently it was called Runia’s, owned by Ryan Runia. When Staufacker and the Brockbergs purchased it, they renamed it KB’s. Mark and Kyle have run the operation on their own since 2013. Staufacker said the first few years ...
MARSHALL – Marshall High School’s Nate Noble had a strong performance in this year’s Southwest West Central Service Cooperative (SWWC’s) creative writing contest, placing in the top 3 in all three categories. Noble took first place in both the poetry and non-fiction categories, along ...
