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ADM volunteers supporting Farmers Market

MARSHALL — Jesse Ray Adams believes in giving back to his community. Tara Johnson use to volunteer at Esther’s Kitchen in Marshall providing free meals. Both are employees at Archer Daniels Midland Company in Marshall but were volunteering at the Farmers Market next to the Marshall ...

Farmers applaud right to repair settlement

NEW ULM — Southern Minnesota farmers say the right to repair lawsuit settlement reached earlier this month between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and attorneys general in five states including Minnesota is step in the right direction The lawsuit filed by Minnesota, Illinois, Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin alleged that John Deere & Company’s policy of withholding diagnostic equipment and other necessary information from John Deere equipment owners prohibited them from making their own equipment repairs, was a violation of the Sherman Act (that outlaws monopolies and ...

Lynd man faces fraud, firearms charges in Lyon Co.

MARSHALL — A Lynd man is facing charges of illegally possessing firearms and financial transaction card fraud in Lyon County District Court. Court documents said future hearings in both criminal cases are scheduled for Caleb Michael Ose, 40. Ose is charged with two counts of possessing firearms or ammunition after being convicted or adjudicated for a crime of violence, court documents said. A criminal complaint filed July 20 in Lyon County District Court alleges that law enforcement found ammunition and firearms like a break-action shotgun, black powder rifles and a black powder ...

Farmers dealing with 'tight margins'

MARSHALL — What is the state of agriculture in southwest Minnesota? It depends, speakers at an event in Marshall said Tuesday. “I think it’s a mixed bag out there. But overall it’s very tight margins in corn and soybeans,” said farm management analyst Kent Thiesse. Farmers raising ...