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 ...

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 ...

I celebrated the first full day of my retirement with a PET scan in the morning and a tonsillectomy in the afternoon. People have asked me over the past several months what my plans were for retirement. I had a few ideas, but none included dealing with tonsil cancer. A week prior to these ...

Marshall Municipal Utilities diversifying its energy sources through the completion of a solar farm is a positive development for the city of Marshall The nearly operational, 10-megawatt, 50-acre solar farm, located on the north side of town at 7th Street and Lyon County Road 33, is being ...

It all began with a cat scratch. Some months ago, I was playing with our cat, Sparkles. It turned out that my cat-like reflexes were no match for an actual cat, and I was issued some minor scratches. No big deal. I’ve been scratched by cats many times. Then one morning I awoke with a ...

Public transit makes an important difference in communities the size of Marshall, and that’s something I know from personal experience. I will be a transit customer for about a month in August and September . It’s due to hip surgery, which will mean 30 days of driving restriction. I was ...