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Community Voices

Tips for a safe summer

Whether you’re taking a hike, heading to the lake or celebrating with friends, summer is a time to enjoy. We hope you can make the most of it this year — safely. Our team at Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center is always ready to help you if something goes wrong. We hope you’ll ...

The city’s new location for the proposed aquatic center

One of the biggest considerations for the Marshall City Council and staff when planning for the new aquatic center has been determining the best location to place the new facility. In 2019, the city conducted a study of the current aquatic center facility and its location and determined that ...

Expanding access to broadband

In 2023, you can’t fully participate in our economy if you can’t get online. That’s why I introduced a bill in 2020 to deliver high-speed internet to every zip code in America. It was ultimately included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and we just learned that Minnesota will be ...

Toddler time

There’s something about having a toddler around for a few days that makes you feel young again. My wife and I recently hosted our toddler grandson, whom she has decreed the Cutest Little Boy in the World, for a weekend. He brought along his parents to serve as his driver, valet, chef, ...

Musings on property

Well Ben & Jerry’s 4th of July announcement that America was built on stolen indigenous land and should give it back was well received in at least some quarters. Chief Don Stevens of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation in Vermont noted the corporate headquarters was located ...