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Marshall City Council approves playground at Aquatic Center site

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MARSHALL — The facilities at the new Marshall Aquatic Center won’t be only for swimming. At Tuesday’s Marshall City Council meeting, council members voted to approve the purchase of a playground structure that will be open to the public. Marshall Parks and Recreation Superintendent ...

Marshall Middle School reports improvement with Pathway courses

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MARSHALL — The Marshall Middle School has reported growing benefits throughout their Pathways programs, which are various structured classes that allow students to further explore possible interests or career paths. MMS Principal Peggy Reynolds and assistant principal Bennett Appel brought ...

A day of creativity

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MARSHALL — Over 700 area students from 18 surrounding school districts came together for a day of creative fun at the 32nd annual Southwest West Central Service Cooperative (SWWC) Conference for Young Artists on Wednesday at Southwest Minnesota State University. Students spent the day, ...

AG Ellison speaks in Fairmont

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FAIRMONT – On invitation from the Fairmont Area Human Rights Organization (FAHRO), Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison spoke at the Red Rock Center for the Arts in Fairmont on Saturday. Ellison was Minnesota’s fifth congressional district representative from 2007 to 2019, and has ...

Council approves pipe lining proposal for sewers

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MARSHALL — A new approach to repair sewer lines in parts of the city was on the City Council agenda on Tuesday. The Council approved an engineering proposal for a project to install cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) lining on some city sewer mains. “We’ve been working as a staff, the ...

Marshall looks at change for lodging tax collection

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MARSHALL — The city of Marshall is looking at making a change to how it collects local lodging sales taxes. Having the state of Minnesota collect the taxes could help improve transparency for short-term rentals like Airbnb or Vrbo rentals, city staff said. “The state has more ability and ...