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City council approves Community Education and Recreation agreement

MARSHALL — It wasn’t an item that sparked much discussion at this week’s Marshall City Council meeting. But Marshall city officials said a joint powers agreement approved by the council is unusual among Minnesota communities. On Tuesday, council members voted to renew an agreement with Marshall Public Schools that sets up Marshall’s joint Community Education and Recreation program. “We are one of two cities in the state that have a collaborative arrangement between the school and the city,” said Marshall City Administrator Sharon Hanson. “It does allow us to share ...

Record temps possible for Marshall

Unusually warm weather could hit southwest Minnesota this weekend, with temperatures reaching nearly 60 degrees. Temperatures that warm may set new records for Marshall, said Samantha Garrett, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls. In Marshall, daytime temperatures are forecast to get into the upper 50s this weekend, with a high of 56 degrees on Friday, 59 degrees on Saturday and 58 degrees on Sunday. If temperatures reach those forecasted highs, it will break previous records by about 2 to 5 degrees, Garrett said. According to National Weather ...

SMSU’s educator prep program receives national accreditation

MARSHALL — Continuing to up its standards and provide quality training for its students, the Educator Preparation Program at Southwest Minnesota State University has been awarded full national accreditation by the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP) for seven ...

Kristi’s leaves ‘great memories’ for Marshall family

MARSHALL — It’s a family business that’s spanned two generations. But after more than 50 years on Marshall’s Main Street, Kristi’s For Women will be officially closing shop. Kristi Miller, and her parents Lu and Sandy Miller, said this week that it was time for them to ...

RTR One Act earns starred performance at state festival

TYLER — The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton One Act program has seen a lot of success in years past, and continues to grow stronger as they once again made it to the state festival last Friday and earned their second starred performance in the past three years. RTR’s One Act play, titled ‘The ...

Lesmeister-Knott, Peterson to run for state Legislature

The field of candidates for state legislature in southwest Minnesota this year will include residents from rural Redwood County and from Jackson. On Thursday, Redwood County resident Tiffany Lesmeister-Knott said she will run for Minnesota state Senate in District 15, which is currently represented by Sen. Gary Dahms, R-Redwood Falls. And in January, Jackson resident Nathan Peterson announced he will be running in Senate District 21, which is currently represented by Sen. Bill Weber, R-Luverne. At the same time, current state Rep. Joe Schomacker, R-Luverne, has announced that he will ...