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Missing Lynd man found safe in Hennepin County

A Lynd man reported missing in October has been located, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said. On Friday, the Sheriff’s Office received information on a possible location for Orion Charwood. Charwood had last been seen in Lynd on Oct. 16. Responders including the Sheriff’s Office, the ...

Halfway done?

MARSHALL — Construction crews hope to complete the first half of the Highway 19 reconstruction project sometime this month, a representative of R and G Construction Co. said. “We are telling people, sometime in the middle of November,” Erika Coudron of R and G said Wednesday. The ...

Lyon Co. Board hears report on gravel mapping project

MARSHALL — A state program will be looking for sources of gravel and sand in Lyon and Murray counties over the next year, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources staff said this week. This week, Lyon County commissioners heard an informational presentation about a mapping project underway ...

Lyon County approves landfill fee increase

MARSHALL — Fees for waste haulers taking trash to the Lyon County landfill will be going up in 2026, but not as much as county commissioners had anticipated. “At the annual landfill meeting (Monday), the landfill advisory committee recommended that the County Board consider a $2 per ton ...

Musical recording of Holm’s poem released

MARSHALL — Southwest Minnesota State University professor Dan Rieppel and alum Ryan Ross continue to celebrate their late friend and colleague Bill Holm with the release of a recording of Holm’s poem “Playing Haydn For the Angel of Death” as a baritone voice and piano song cycle. ...

Court finds probable cause for assault charges against Marshall landlord

MARSHALL — A motion to dismiss assault charges against a Marshall business owner was denied by a Lyon County District Court judge last week. Court documents said a plea hearing for Gregory Taylor, 77, will be held Nov. 18. Taylor, is charged with second degree assault with a dangerous ...