MARSHALL — It’s been almost 50 years, but Mylan Ray still remembers his first car show working as a DJ. “Funny enough, the very first car show I ever did was back in the late ’70s and it was my first one ever,” he said. “I didn’t think anybody wanted to hear Beach Boys car songs ...
The Russell Bandwagon Days weekend culminated with the parade through the city on Sunday. The three-day festival featured a ranch rodeo Friday night, bull riding competition and Blake Schmitz concert on Saturday. See page 5A for more photos.
RUSSELL — Juul Heegen of Brandon, South Dakota, stood on the long wood deck flatbed trailer just about 10 feet from the announcer’s table. He glanced over the bull riding arena as he took a few deep breaths and waited for his turn to saddle up inside the bucking chute. This is his way on ...
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RUSSELL — Two people were hurt in a two-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon on Minnesota Highway 23, the Minnesota State Patrol said. Two Marshall residents received non life-threatening injuries, the State Patrol reported. The crash was reported at 4:03 p.m. near the intersection of Highway 23 and Lyon County Road 2. A 2007 GMC Yukon driven by Deborah Jane Newton, 69, of Marshall, and a 2018 Toyota Tundra driven by Evan Paul Johnson, 22, of Le Mars, Iowa, were both traveling westbound on Highway 23 when the vehicles collided, the State Patrol said. Newton and a passenger in the ...
