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Play, planes at Marshall YMCA Saturday

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MARSHALL — There will be all-ages fun at the Marshall Area YMCA this weekend. On Saturday, the YMCA's Healthy Kids Day event will be going on, while at the same time the Marshall Radio Control Club will be holding its annual model airplane show. Healthy Kids Day will offer special ...

Crime

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LYND — A report is pending on truancy at 6:22 a.m. Wednesday on the 100 block of Willow Street, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said. MARSHALL — A report was sent to the city attorney’s office for consideration of cannabis possession and possession with intent to sell charges ...

KB’s owners continue Ghent’s bar and ballroom traditions

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When Mark Staufacker was looking for a career opportunity 17 years ago, he decided to try his luck in the bar and restaurant business. Along with his father in law and brother in law, Keith and Kyle Brockberg, he purchased Ghent’s bar and ballroom. A generation ago the business was known as ...

Marshall’s Nate Noble wins first in creative writing competition

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MARSHALL – Marshall High School’s Nate Noble had a strong performance in this year’s Southwest West Central Service Cooperative (SWWC’s) creative writing contest, placing in the top 3 in all three categories. Noble took first place in both the poetry and non-fiction categories, along ...

Hospice benefit to honor legacy of care

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MARSHALL — It was a difficult time for the Marshall area community. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, three children were diagnosed with cancer. Two died, said Dr. Vince LaPorte. Local families experienced firsthand the gaps in end-of-life care available in Minnesota at the time. “When ...

The road to the Revolution

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MARSHALL — In 1763, Great Britain had a strong relationship with its colonies in what is now the United States, Dr. Anita Gaul said. But in the space of 13 years, that partnership had deteriorated to the point where American colonists declared their independence, and the Revolutionary War ...