During my previous life as an advertising salesman I would regularly stop at Koehn Marketing, located at Watertown, South Dakota, and chew the fat with owner Jeff Koehn. I would generally kick things off by asking, “How’s it going, Jeff?” and he would generally reply “Good, good! How ...

“Our family is living the tragic nightmare of the ripple effect of domestic violence. Our hope is that no one has to experience what Ariel and our family have had to go through. Our continued mission is in hopes to save and help people who are in similar situations. There’s a taboo when it ...

I wanted to take a moment to share some important information regarding our district’s preliminary budget for the 2024-25 academic year. As many of you are aware, we have been anticipating a tighter budget due to the full expenditure of our COVID funds and the rising cost of education. It ...

Columnists rummage around in the closets of our lives looking for things we share. Those become leaping off points to write about. I didn’t have to look hard this time: water. If you’re reading this, you’ve had too much rain. For a few weeks, friends from further away asked if we had ...

It’s been four years since the height of the pandemic, but COVID is a sickness that still affects many lives. My own life has been impacted in the past week. That’s because of the COVID cases at a Marshall assisted living, facility, the home of my 86-year-old mother. I’ve been ...

The city of Marshall has started the summer with much activity and below is a snapshot of some of our work: The Addison downtown parking lot reconstruction was completed and ensured a much-improved traffic flow along with a stronger and safer surface. The weather cooperated for the ...