MARSHALL — The city of Marshall will be trying out a voluntary furlough policy for some of its employees over the next year, as a way to possibly save money. The policy would allow some full-time city employees to request unpaid time off, said Marshall Human Resources Manager Sheila ...

MARSHALL — The city of Marshall’s preliminary levy for 2026 will be a 7.5% increase from this year. At Tuesday’s city council meeting, council members approved the proposed preliminary levy, and set a “Truth In Taxation” hearing date for December 9. The final levy increase, which the ...

MARSHALL — With a full crowd present and over a dozen competing bands, the Marshall Tiger Marching Band hosted its 29th annual Pursuit of Excellence event Saturday night at Southwest Minnesota State University’s Mattke Field. The bleachers filled with supporters, as did the grass hill on ...

MINNEOTA — The Minneota Public School district is one of the area’s more recent school institutions that has installed solar panels, and is seeing positive outcomes between energy costs and educational purposes. “We have 82 panels, and they're up on our auxiliary gym on the north end of ...

TYLER — The trade war with China is a growing concern for Minnesota agriculture, a group of southwest Minnesota residents said Monday. Joel Schreurs, a Tyler area farmer and Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council member, said the issue of tariffs was one thing he wanted to talk ...

MARSHALL — In a major milestone for First Lutheran Church, this week the congregation will be marking 100 years in Marshall. Church members said there’s a lot of history and change to look back on. “The church has changed, but so has the whole community and the world in our time,” ...