MARSHALL — Learning about becoming a firefighter was a hands-on experience for a group of area women Saturday. It all started with putting on boots, helmets and turnout gear. Then, each participant got a chance to help take apart a crashed car with rescue tools like glass cutters and the ...
MARSHALL — As a historian, author and psychic, Adrian Lee makes a living discovering surprises. He found one big surprise along the Minnesota River Valley. “I didn’t know there was Bigfoot sightings,” Lee said. “I met a couple of experts on cryptozoology that had evidence. They had ...
MARSHALL — Noah Pieper pitched a perfect game with 15 strikeouts to lead the Marshall baseball team to an 8-0 Big South Conference win over Worthington Monday night. The Tigers also hit a homerun for the fourth consecutive game while on the way to their fifth-straight win. According to ...
MARSHALL — When Justin Kunkel started writing his first book, he was hoping to tell the kind of sports story he could share with his son Ryett. On Friday, Kunkel got the chance to read that story to first graders at Park Side Elementary – including to Ryett’s class. “It’s really ...
MARSHALL — The next phase of drainage improvements in the neighborhood around Legion Field Road will be moving forward. This week, the Marshall City Council approved agreements with BNSF Railway for work including installing a stormwater pipeline crossing underneath the railroad. In some ways, the council was re-authorizing the project work, said Marshall Public Works Director Jason Anderson. “We thought we were ready to bid the project early last year, and then we ran into kind of a snafu with (BNSF) Railroad and the permitting process,” Anderson said. “It wasn’t any issue ...
MARSHALL — This year’s Southwest Minnesota State University commencement address will be a little different — it will be given by a member of the graduating class. SMSU will have its 58th commencement at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 9, in the R/A Facility on campus. This year’s commencement address will be delivered by graduating senior and outgoing Student Association President, Sheridyn Runs After. She is from Eagle Butte, South Dakota; a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe; and is earning her degree in justice administration, with minors in political science and Indigenous ...
