MARSHALL — Doug Hamilton didn’t like to be the center of attention. That was part of his job as a funeral director, David Sprik said. In that capacity, Hamilton served families in southwest Minnesota for more than 30 years. “He liked to quietly serve,” said Sprik. But Hamilton was ...
MARSHALL — Each summer, the Marshall Police Department gets calls about abandoned bicycles. Over the course of a year, the recovered bikes start to add up. About 50 bikes – mainly ones that were found abandoned, said Marshall Public Safety Director Jim Marshall – were lined up in city ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mismanagement at a massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas created unsafe conditions that contributed to detainee deaths and suffering even as millions of wasted tax dollars enriched contractors, according to a federal report released Tuesday. The Government Accountability Office report documents serious problems at Camp East Montana, a sprawling tent facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso where three detainees have died in little more than six months. Evidence in one of those deaths, of a 55-year-old Cuban migrant who died in January after being ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — After complaints about staffing cuts and long waits to get help at the Social Security Administration, its commissioner says he's ready to make the case to Congress this week that things are getting a lot better at the embattled agency. Frank Bisignano is expected to face ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to provide nearly $70 billion for immigration enforcement narrowly cleared a key procedural hurdle Tuesday in the House as Republicans moved to fund a pair of Homeland Security agencies through the next three years and the rest of President Donald Trump's time in office. A final vote on the measure is expected later in the day, but Speaker Mike Johnson will need near perfect attendance and unity on his side to complete weeks of action. The legislation got sidetracked when Republicans sought to include $1 billion for enhanced security on the White House ...
RUSSELL — Juul Heegen of Brandon, South Dakota, stood on the long wood deck flatbed trailer just about 10 feet from the announcer’s table. He glanced over the bull riding arena as he took a few deep breaths and waited for his turn to saddle up inside the bucking chute. This is his way on ...
