MARSHALL — The graduation rate for Lyon County’s drug treatment court program is close to state goals, Lyon County commissioners learned this week. Over the past three fiscal years, a total of 17 people have graduated from the Lyon County treatment court, said program coordinator Alison ...

Photo by Deb Gau The Wood Lake kiddie parade was the warm-up to the grand parade Wednesday night at the Wood Lake Community Fair. Kids dressed in costume and marched down the street with their own parade floats. At left, two young Lakeview Lakers football fans showed pride for their team, ...

MARSHALL — Being diagnosed with cancer was the start of a journey that Alyson Bossuyt and Addison Jensen said they never expected to take. “This is my journey. I didn’t pick the journey – nobody does. But what am I gonna do, try and hide from it?” Bossuyt said. “I just have to ...

MARSHALL — It takes a lot of heavy equipment to keep Marshall’s airport runway clear of snow in the winter. There are snowplows, a sand truck, and a giant snowblower and street sweeper. But until now, the airport barely had room to store and repair that important equipment, maintenance ...

A woman from Pipestone was sentenced to more than eight years in prison this week, after cutting an infant’s face with a pizza cutter at a Rochester day care center last year. In June, a jury found Andrianna Qwanae Newburn, 27, guilty of seven charges, including first degree assault and ...

CLARKFIELD — A man died when a skid loader slid into a drainage ditch Wednesday in rural Clarkfield, the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office said. The body of Dustin Lucius Virkus, 51, of Clarkfield was recovered from the skid loader, which was submerged in the ditch. Around 1:40 ...