MINNEAPOLIS — The No. 3 Marshall girls basketball team opened up the Class AAA state tournament with a 70-44 win over No. 6 Totino-Grace Wednesday afternoon at the University of Minnesota’s Maturi Pavilion. Specifically, the Tigers’ 42 rebounds took full control, along with an additional ...
MARSHALL — People buying homes in Marshall may be able to get assistance with making a down payment through an initiative by Minnesota Housing. This week, the Marshall Economic Development Authority announced that Marshall is being included in the Minnesota City Participation Program. Through the MCPP, Marshall has been allocated about $273,000 to support eligible homebuyers. “It’s another tool in the tool box,” said Marshall EDA Director Lauren Deutz. “The goal of the program is to help more people get into housing.” Deutz said the Marshall EDA applied to be part of the ...
MARSHALL — Construction on the new Marshall Aquatic Center is progressing, Parks and Recreation Superintendent Preston Stensrud said. “It’s coming along nicely,” Stensrud said this week. Outdoor features like shade and splash pad structures are being installed, while construction ...
MARSHALL — A company that announced plans to build a shrimp production company in Madison, South Dakota, in 2019 is going through insolvency proceedings in Lyon County District Court. According to Lyon County court records, documents for the assignment for benefit of creditors of Iterro, Inc., were filed in November. The documents were filed around the same time that Iterro Life Sciences President and CEO Brian Knochenmus confirmed to the Independent that Iterro was closing down its facility in Balaton. The assignment for benefit of creditors, filed Nov. 20 in Lyon County District ...
MARSHALL — Bids for proposed repairs to Marshall sewer lines came in lower than an engineer’s estimate, Marshall Public Works Director Jason Anderson said this week. Members of the Marshall City Council voted to approve a total construction bid of close to $1.1 million, to install cured-in-place pipe liners in about 9,200 feet of city sewer pipe. The engineer’s estimate for construction costs was $1.28 million, according to agenda materials at Tuesday’s council meeting. “These are all pipe systems that we know that we’re not going to reconstruct for the next 10 to 20 ...
GARVIN — Two people were injured in a Monday morning crash south of Garvin, the Minnesota State Patrol said. The crash was reported at 6:56 a.m., at U.S. Highway 59 and 231st Street in Lake Sarah Township located in Murray County. A 2024 Subaru Crosstrek driven by Romana Lee Ennenga, 71, of Currie, was westbound on 231st Street, and a 2021 Lexus RX driven by Sara Marie Ormberg, 45, of Marshall, was northbound on Highway 59, when the vehicles collided in the intersection, the State Patrol said. Sara Ormberg and a passenger in the Lexus, Aubrey Lynn Ormberg, 16, were taken to Avera ...
