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Cottonwood seeks congressional spending for infrastructure

The city of Cottonwood is trying again to get congressionally-directed Spending for needed sewer and water main work along Cottonwood’s Main Street. On Tuesday, Lyon County Commissioners voted to sign a pair of letters of support for the request, which would go to U.S. senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith. “Teather (Bliss) from the city had reached out to me to ask for the board’s support,” said Lyon County Administrator Loren Stomberg. The request the city of Cottonwood was making was for $5 million in Congressional spending. Cottonwood is facing a total $28 million in ...

Lyon Co. board discusses landfill slope work

Lyon County Commissioners took action on maintenance work at the Lyon County landfill on Tuesday. The project will involve work on some of the side slopes of areas at the landfill where waste is currently disposed, as well as the installation of a protective liner. The project won't ...

Correction

In the April 8 edition of the Independent, there was a story regarding three Marshall Public School School Board seats that will be up for election this November on four-year terms. Sara Runchey, Jeff Chapman and Sara Brink’s seats will open. Both Runchey and Chapman will not be seeking to renew their terms. Brink does plan to run for re-election of her school board seat, who currently serves as the board treasurer. The general election for the school board seats will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Owner is ‘involved with anything needed in town’

Free time? That’s a foreign concept to Mike Imes, owner of Imes Insurance Agency in Wood Lake. Besides owning his insurance agency, the Wood Lake native farms 600 acres — corn and beans — on the family farm site just southeast of town. He’s also coached basketball for 30 years, the ...

Easter Bunny welcomes smiling children

MILROY — Waving her hand, Addie Rykhus, 3, raced over to the Easter Bunny sitting on a bench inside the Milroy School cafeteria. Rykhus then gave the Easter Bunny a hug. For Alicia Eliason, who has donned the Easter Bunny suit for more than five years for the Milroy School PTO sponsored ...

Murray County 4-H member attends national conference

SLAYTON — A Murray County 4-H member and Marshall High School sophomore student got the opportunity to attend a national conference at the country’s capital recently. Roman Gaul was one of 23 Minnesota 4-H students selected to join around 1,800 other members from across the country to ...