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Matt Millner and his family work together on 5th-generation farm

As a boy, Matt Millner loved spending time on his grandparents’ farm in southwest Minnesota. “From being a young kid, I liked coming to the farm, and helping with the cattle and the equipment,” Millner said. It was something that stuck with him as he got older, too. Now he’s ...

‘Neither one of us hesitated’

 It’s a day that neither Altermatt sisters Miranda or Kaycee quite envisioned — taking over the family farm near Lamberton — especially at the ages of 20 and 22 respectively. But in 2012 their father suddenly passed in a boating accident. Then came the question from their grandfather ...

No charges in Wood Lake fire truck crash

GRANITE FALLS — The Yellow Medicine County Attorney’s Office will not be filing criminal charges for a fatal fire truck crash that happened in September. On Thursday, Yellow Medicine County Attorney Mark Gruenes said that after reviewing all the evidence in the case, he had decided not to ...

Marshall elementary student struck by vehicle

MARSHALL — A Marshall second-grade elementary student was hit by a vehicle Thursday afternoon after school at the crosswalk intersection of 4th Street and Saratoga Street. According to a press release from Marshall Public Schools superintendent Jeremy Williams, emergency responders arrived ...

Lyon County commissioners approves ditch assessments

MARSHALL — A few different drainage ditch systems around Lyon County are in need of repairs, county staff said this week. To help with the projects, county commissioners approved one- or two-year assessments for a total of five ditches, including one ditch system that serves as part of the ...