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Detour approved for Highway 14 construction project

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MARSHALL — Road work is planned on part of U.S. Highway 14 next year, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation is proposing a detour. This week, Lyon County Commissioners approved an agreement for a detour route that would include Lyon County Road 2 west of Russell. “They’ve asked Lincoln County and Lyon County to offer our county roads as a detour. It would be County Road 2 going west of Russell, that goes between Russell and Tyler,” Lyon County highway engineer Aaron VanMoer told commissioners Tuesday. “That is what I recommended they use, and that’s about six ...

Wall Street rises as tech stocks climb and oil prices, bond yields hold relatively steady

National News

(AP) — U.S. stocks snapped a three-day losing streak Wednesday as gains by big technology companies and relatively steady oil prices and bond yields helped lift the market after a downbeat start to the week. The S&P 500 index rose 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.5%. The market has been under pressure this week from rising oil prices and a bond-market sell-off. The rocky start to September follows a mostly positive August during which every major index notched a gain for the month. While Wall Street remains gripped by anxiety ...

SMSU Agronomy Field Day set for Sept. 11

Ag and Extension

The annual SMSU Agronomy Field Day is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 11, from 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the SMSU Agronomy Field Trials Farm site at 2927 265th Avenue, Marshall, Minn. The day will include lunch, tours, and presentations highlighting SMSU field-trial research, as well as other related programs and projects. Join us at the farm site at 11:45 a.m with the program and lunch starting at noon Plot tours will follow lunch until 1:30 p.m. Take a short walk out to the field plots and view firsthand the progress of SMSU’s research efforts. Please RSVP at ...

Crime

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TRACY — A domestic incident was reported at 6:23 p.m. Tuesday on Morgan Street, Tracy Police said. No further information was available. MARSHALL — A Marshall man, 24, was cited for speeding at 5:37 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Lyon County Road 7 and Minnesota Highway 23, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said. MARSHALL — A report is pending on theft at 3:53 p.m. Tuesday on the 100 block of North 11th Street, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — A report was sent to the county attorney’s office for consideration of assault charges against a Marshall boy, 15, in ...