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Active year at Marshall Golf Club

MARSHALL — It’s been a busy year at Marshall Golf Club, pro shop manager Benjamin Nath said. Nath estimated that there have been around 27,000 rounds of golf played at MGC since March. That was up, from about 25,000 rounds last year, he said. “Our green fees are up this year, which ...

School Board hears update on roofing plans

MARSHALL — This fall, Marshall Public Schools will be taking steps toward a roofing project at two of its school buildings. At Monday’s school board meeting, Marshall Superintendent Jeremy Williams reported that a pre-bid meeting for roof replacement work at Marshall High School and Marshall Middle School is scheduled for Oct. 8. “So the bids will be going out, and information about that will be coming out,” Williams said. “Again, that project, we are looking to do a two-year project with that starting next summer. So bids will go out as early as this fall.” MPS approved ...

A reprieve from rising oil prices helps US stocks finish the week higher

NEW YORK (AP) — A cooldown in oil prices on Friday helped release some of the pressure that's built up on Wall Street, and U.S. stocks closed out their first winning week in the last three. The S&P 500 added 0.5% to break a three-day losing streak marked by big swings due to rising yields in the bond market. Despite the week's uneasiness, the main measure of the U.S. stock market's health pulled back within 0.7% of its all-time high set last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 478 points, or 0.9%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.5%. Stocks got a boost after the price ...

Crime

MINNEOTA — An animal bite was reported at 4:18 p.m. Thursday on the 700 block of East First Street, Minneota Police said. No further information was available. MARSHALL — A report is pending on a drug-related incident at 2:17 p.m. Thursday on the 1200 block of East College Drive, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — Criminal sexual conduct reported at 12:35 p.m. Thursday on the 400 block of Village Drive is under investigation, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — A report was sent to the city attorney’s office for consideration of school bus stop arm violation charges ...

Trump administration turns to Supreme Court as third-country deportations are thrown into question

WASHINGTON — A ruling to halt deportations of people to countries other than their own threw a core immigration policy of the Trump administration into question, at least temporarily, and prompted a desperate appeal to the Supreme Court on Thursday. The administration said the ruling by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals came Wednesday just minutes before midnight, forcing the cancellation of a flight with 70 people that was headed to three countries. It said justices needed to step in to "halt that chaos" and said the flight cancellation "required a new round of diplomatic ...