MARSHALL — The energy and eagerness was high Thursday afternoon at the Marshall Middle School in the auditorium, as students crowded in to hear the announcement of the sixth-grade students who won this year’s annual 4-Way Essay Contest hosted by the Marshall Rotary Club. Kasen ...
TYLER — Things are moving quickly for a new public library building in the city of Tyler. In the space of a few days, city officials went from approving a construction bid, to holding a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday morning. “Thank you for every second, every penny, every ounce of ...
MARSHALL — This week, Lyon County Commissioners approved a reorganized county finance director position. The proposed job description for the position, which came before the county board on Tuesday, was part of reorganization that county staff did last summer, said Lyon County Administrator Loren Stomberg. The reorganizing had also included Aurora Heard moving from the county Auditor/Treasurer position to director of Human Resources and John Xiong became county Auditor/Treasurer. During Tuesday’s county board meeting, Heard presented commissioners with the new description of the ...
Marshall guards Taleigha Bigler and Reese Drake were both named to the Minnesota Girls Basketball Coaches Association’s Class AAA All-State team, announced this week, while Lakeview’s Brynn Stensrud was also selected as a Class A honorable mention. Drake and Bigler’s backcourt ...
RENVILLE COUNTY — A 64-year-old rural Redwood Falls man was arrested Feb. 27 in Franklin following a high-speed chase that ended after the use of tire deflation devices. The Renville County Sheriff’s Office received a Feb. 27 report from Renville County Probation that a client, Thomas Earl McDonald was threatening to kill his probation officer, according to a Renville County Sheriff’s Office news release. The Renville County Attorney’s Office outlined the allegations in a criminal complaint that resulted in an arrest warrant being issued by Renville County District ...
MARSHALL — A Marshall man facing drug charges in Lyon County is challenging a search warrant in his case, court records said. An affidavit filed in Lyon County District Court said Dante Maurice Stidman, 47, believed a law enforcement officer intentionally left out information when he asked a judge for a search warrant for Stidman’s apartment and vehicle. At a hearing Tuesday, a district court judge gave attorneys in the case time to file written arguments on whether the search warrant was valid. In January, Stidman was charged in Lyon County District Court with first degree and ...
