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Halfway done?

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MARSHALL — Construction crews hope to complete the first half of the Highway 19 reconstruction project sometime this month, a representative of R and G Construction Co. said. “We are telling people, sometime in the middle of November,” Erika Coudron of R and G said Wednesday. The ...

Lyon Co. Board hears report on gravel mapping project

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MARSHALL — A state program will be looking for sources of gravel and sand in Lyon and Murray counties over the next year, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources staff said this week. This week, Lyon County commissioners heard an informational presentation about a mapping project underway ...

Lyon County approves landfill fee increase

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MARSHALL — Fees for waste haulers taking trash to the Lyon County landfill will be going up in 2026, but not as much as county commissioners had anticipated. “At the annual landfill meeting (Monday), the landfill advisory committee recommended that the County Board consider a $2 per ton ...

Musical recording of Holm’s poem released

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MARSHALL — Southwest Minnesota State University professor Dan Rieppel and alum Ryan Ross continue to celebrate their late friend and colleague Bill Holm with the release of a recording of Holm’s poem “Playing Haydn For the Angel of Death” as a baritone voice and piano song cycle. ...

Weathering a problem for downtown art

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MARSHALL — Over the years, the elements have taken their toll on murals on buildings in downtown Marshall. At the corner of Main and Third Street, artwork celebrating Marshall area history has sections of peeling or missing paint, while some panels of the image are gone. A lot of the damage ...

Communities offering Veterans Day programs

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Veterans Day is coming up next week, and southwest Minnesota communities are honoring U.S. military service members with guest speakers, music and other events. In Marshall, a program is planned at the Adult Community Center downtown, and residents of Hill Street Place and Boulder Estates ...