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SMO takes children to the Wild Wild West

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The Southwest Minnesota Orchestra hosted a pair of shows for its annual children’s concert on Tuesday in the Schwan Community Center for the Performing Arts at Marshall High School. The show’s theme, “Wild Wild West,” took area children and elementary students through an adventure of ...

Three MPS board seats up for election

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MARSHALL — There will be a trio of Marshall Public School school board seats up for election this upcoming November. The school board approved the resolution at Monday’s meeting, calling for the school district general election for three school board members on a four-year term each. ...

Crime

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MARSHALL — A Slayton woman, 29, was arrested for DWI at 7:35 p.m. Tuesday on the 600 block of West Main Street, Marshall Police said. MINNEOTA — A report is pending on an incident involving a weapon at 7:07 p.m. Tuesday on Vann Street, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said. ...

Owner is ‘involved with anything needed in town’

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Free time? That’s a foreign concept to Mike Imes, owner of Imes Insurance Agency in Wood Lake. Besides owning his insurance agency, the Wood Lake native farms 600 acres — corn and beans — on the family farm site just southeast of town. He’s also coached basketball for 30 years, the ...

A mad dash for eggs

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MARSHALL — It was chilly outside, but the weekend’s weather didn’t stop the fun of Easter festivities in Marshall. In the hallways of True Light Christian School, children were lining up for indoor egg hunts held in between the Easter services at Grace Life Church. A group of second ...

America at 250: A journey through time, told through our communities

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What began as an experiment in self-governance rooted in personal freedom and liberty has grown into the world’s most unique and important nation: the United States of America. Here, we can, within the boundaries of the law, do, say and think what we wish; we can worship as we choose; we have ...