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Balaton EDA OKs terms for liquor store loan

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BALATON — The Balaton Economic Development Authority will be stepping forward to try and help keep the city’s municipal liquor store open. Monday night, the EDA board approved terms for a $30,000 loan to the city of Balaton for the Balaton Liquor Store. The terms set by the EDA board ...

Wollum to run for District 21 Senate seat

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PORTER — A Lincoln County resident and farmer plans to run for Minnesota state Senate in Sen. Bill Weber’s district. Krist Wollum, a grain and cattle farmer from rural Porter and the legislative chair of the Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association, announced this week that he will run ...

Marshall looks at removing ‘No Parking’ zone

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MARSHALL — Some temporary parking spaces created during construction on West College Drive in Marshall last summer could become permanent. At Tuesday’s Marshall City Council meeting, council members voted to introduce a proposed ordinance change that would allow parking along a block of ...

Hearings planned for Marshall street, parks projects

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MARSHALL — The Marshall City Council will be considering whether to authorize funding of street reconstructions and other projects, starting with a couple of public hearings on Feb. 10. One of the upcoming hearings will focus on the city’s street reconstruction plan and the issuance of ...

Co-op expands in Echo

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ECHO — It was a project that took a little more than a year of construction work to complete. But a new dry fertilizer plant near Echo will be more efficient for area farmers, said Meadowland Farmers Coop agronomy manager Ralph Price. “There was a need in our area for a bigger ...

Horner sentenced for theft by swindle

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MARSHALL — A former Tracy business owner will be serving jail time and paying restitution, after pleading guilty to theft by swindle charges last year. Darin Lee Horner appeared in Lyon County District Court on Tuesday for a sentencing hearing. In August, Horner pleaded guilty to two ...