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Peggy Flanagan

Summarize why you are running for office. What are your priorities? I’m running for the United States Senate to help people afford the lives they want to live. I’m someone who grew up on the margins, feeling like the bottom could fall out at any moment. Raised by a hardworking single mom, ...

Michelle Fischbach

Summarize why you are running for office. What are your priorities?
 I have always worked to make sure we have strong rural communities, where our children and grandchildren can live and thrive. I have heard repeatedly from constituents about the horrible fraud in Minnesota. I am working to ...

Judge puts off decision in Comey case as prosecutors pursue new indictment against ex-FBI head

WASHINGTON — A federal judge put off a decision Friday on whether to dismiss a placeholder criminal case filed against former FBI Director James Comey, giving the Justice Department an opportunity to pursue an indictment over allegations of a decade-old news media leak. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden acknowledged, though, that despite the Justice Department's hopes, an indictment was no sure thing in a nation's capital where grand juries have repeatedly rejected prosecutors' requests for charges in politically delicate cases. And he said that in the meantime, he would be ...

Halloween fun starts in Marshall

Trick-or-treaters got a head start on Halloween Friday afternoon, at senior living centers in Marshall. Hill Street Place, Boulder Estates and Heritage Pointe Senior Living all held holiday events for residents and young visitors. Kids arrived at Hill Street Place in costume, candy buckets at the ready. Several of the Hill Street residents giving out treats were also dressed up. Community Halloween activities continue today in Marshall, including downtown trick or treating at 11 a.m., the Lyon County Museum's Family Fun Day from noon to 4, and Southwest Minnesota State University's ...