Museum to have Pumpkin Walk

The Lyon County Museum, 301 W Lyon Street, Marshall is seeking entries for a Pumpkin Walk event to be held on Thursday, Oct. 29-Saturday, Oct. 31 during the special hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. each day. The public is invited to view the entries and vote for their favorite in each category. A prize will be given to the top choice in each category. There will also be a prize for Overall Most Creative.

The categories and descriptions are:

Traditional: One (1) carved, painted, and/or decorated pumpkin (artificial or real) of any size.

Age group: 10 & under

Age group: 11-18

Age group: 19 +

Family/Business/Organization: Multiple pumpkins (artificial or real) carved, painted, and/or decorated with a theme.

Fall Centerpiece Table Display: A fall centerpiece table display featuring at least one (1) pumpkin (artificial or real).

Entry forms are available at the Lyon County Museum, online at www.lyoncomuseum.org, or send an email to director@lyoncomuseum.org. Entry forms must be received no later than Oct. 24. Completed entry forms can be returned by mail, email, or drop off.

For more information, contact Jennifer Andries at 507-537-6580 or director@lyoncomuseum.org.

Upcoming Marshall Community Services’ activities

Oct. 24 — Learn to Skate lessons; Oct. 26 — Let’s Get Physical: Stretch & Tone; Oct. 27 – Yoga; Nov. 5 — Hmong Cooking Class: Chicken Curry Noodle Soup for the Adventurous Soul; Nov. 7 — Youth Gymnastics lessons.

For more information about these activities and more, please visit https://bit.ly/2mIZEQh.

October is here and MCS’ annual Halloween Rock on Ice event will be Saturday. The event will be divided into three sessions and you must pre-register at https://bit.ly/2mIZEQh or call the MCS office at 507-537-6767 in order to attend a session. Names will be entered in for prize drawings upon registration and will be announced at the event.

Garden plots are scheduled to close Monday. Please clean and remove all garden foliage and materials prior to Monday. These materials should be disposed of at the City’s compost site located on North Seventh Street on the north side of Marshall.

Restrooms located at Freedom, Justice and Liberty parks are closed for the season.

MCS Red Baron Arena open skate will be on select Friday and Saturday evenings from 7-10 p.m., Sunday afternoons from 2-4 p.m., and Sunday evenings from 7-9 p.m. Open adult hockey will be on Wednesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. Admission for open skate and open hockey is $5 per skater with rental skates available for $3. Please visit marshallcommunitycalendar.org for up to date open skate hours.

Man charged in 2014 hit-and-run that killed 2 in Wisconsin

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man has been charged in a 2014 hit-and-run crash that killed two men in western Wisconsin.

The Star Tribune reports Andrew M. Endres, 32, of Randolph, was charged Wednesday in Polk County Circuit Court with two counts of hit and run resulting in death in connection with the Jan. 11, 2014 crash that killed Richard L. Cobenais Jr., 41, who lived near Luck, and Benjamin R. Juarez, 28, of Frederic.

Endres has a hearing scheduled for Friday in Hastings, Minnesota, where his extradition to Wisconsin will be addressed.

Authorities say Cobenais Jr. and Juarez were struck and killed by a pickup after being involved in a fight that had spilled out onto a highway, northeast of Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

Court papers say the pickup stopped after the collision, and Endres and another man walked toward the spot where the men were on the ground. On Sept. 28, 2020, a man called the Sheriff’s Office and said his estranged wife heard Endres say he ran over the two men and was drunk at the time. She added that she was helping Endres cope with the deaths.

His attorney, Kevin DeVore, said Thursday that Endres has never admitted he was in the area where the crash occurred.