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Country Club Drive detour starts July 8

MARSHALL — Workers are getting ready for the start of construction of a roundabout near the National Guard Armory in Marshall, representatives of R and G Construction and the Minnesota Department of Transportation said Thursday. Part of Country Club Drive will close down starting Tuesday, ...

‘We needed to expand’

MARSHALL — A lot has been changing at a Marshall business this summer. Just outside the Lockwood Motors office and service center, crews have been working to excavate and pour concrete for new building footings. All the work is part of an expansion project that will more than double the ...

Lyon Co. accepts landfill PFAS study grant

MARSHALL — With the help of state grant funding, the Lyon County landfill will be moving ahead on studying ways to remove PFAS — also called “forever chemicals” — from landfill runoff. In separate actions Tuesday, Lyon County commissioners voted to accept the grant, and to approve a ...

Marshall Farmers Market opens Saturday

MARSHALL — The season for fresh local produce, foods and more returns to Marshall. The Marshall Farmers Market will open for the season Saturday morning, said market coordinator John Blake. More than 50 vendors will be part of the market this year. “That’s a full market,” Blake ...

Renovations, repairs at Catholic church nears completion

MINNEOTA — St. Edward Catholic Church in Minneota is undergoing an array of repairs and renovations that are almost finished. “There are a number of things that are currently in process,” said Rev. Todd Petersen, who has been with the church since 2020. “Currently, we have some ...

County to fight erosion threatening CSAH 24

MARSHALL — Erosion on a ditch poses a risk to part of a Lyon County highway, Lyon County staff members said this week. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Lyon County Commissioners, highway engineer Aaron VanMoer and planning and zoning administrator John Biren brought forward options to repair a ...