JACKSON, Miss. — A grand jury has declined to recommend charges in the death of Nolan Wells, a Black college student who was found dead two days after a July 4 boat trip and party on an island off the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The district attorney announced the grand jury's findings late ...
MARSHALL — A local music store will be offering something new this fall: a space for people to perform and enjoy music together. “It’s just giving people an opportunity to perform, especially people who are not established professionals,” Haltvick said. Starting Oct. 8, Music Street ...
Communications failures that snarled hundreds of flights across the Northeast on Monday have put the spotlight back on the aging systems that air traffic controllers rely on in the U.S. Congress already handed the Federal Aviation Administration $12.5 billion last year to overhaul technology ...
MARSHALL — This week, the Marshall School Board took action to set a preliminary levy for 2027. Specific figures weren’t available at Monday’s school board meeting, but board members voted unanimously to certify the maximum levy authority for the district. MPS Finance Director Sarah Kirchner explained how the levy authority worked. “The state requires us to have a decision on the preliminary levy by Sept. 30 of each year, and like most other districts, we are requesting the preliminary levy to be approved at the maximum authority,” Kirchner said. “The numbers have not all ...
MARSHALL — Marshall Public Schools honored this school year’s first group of students for the Tiger Spotlight recognition this week. Tiger Spotlight is held once a month during a Marshall School Board meeting, and recognizes one student from each MPS school site. Students are nominated ...
Lincoln County and Pipestone County are under an emergency quarantine for firewood and other wood products after the Minnesota Department of Agriculture confirmed emerald ash borer (EAB) in both counties. The MDA announced Monday that experts had confirmed the presence of EAB in Lincoln County after a property manager found the insects at a campground on the northeast side of Lake Benton. The MDA also confirmed an infested ash tree in Pipestone County, at the city of Jasper’s yard waste site. Lincoln and Pipestone County join southwest Minnesota counties like Lyon, Redwood, Murray, ...
