The City Council in early August put into motion the formal process to place on the Nov. 7, ballot on whether to extend the current sales tax to construct a new aquatic center. That ballot will read as follows: Shall the City of Marshall be authorized to extend a sales and use tax of ...

You never know what you might learn when you attend a notorious event like the Annual Steam Threshing Jamboree held each August at Madison, South Dakota. It’s the sort of gathering where the phrase, “Let’s get plowed!” is taken literally. At least that’s what I discovered at this ...

It’s an all too common situation. A family is at the bedside of a loved one who is seriously ill and nearing the end of life. Each member of the family has a different idea of what should be done and what the patient would have wanted. Far too many people wait until they are in the midst of ...

We’re in the run up to Labor Day, a day to honor the labor movement, the unofficial end of summer, and the beginning of the school year. Labor Day became an official federal holiday in 1894, after 30 states had already celebrated it as a holiday. It could have been any day I suppose ...

The Marshall Lyon County Library book sales have at least a half century of tradition, at least a half century of people buying books by the boxful. I remember the sales that took place in the basement community room of the West Lyon Street facility. It’s where I got off to a good start in ...

Early in August, we drove to Denver to see our son Ezra. Between here and there is Nebraska, a big state with a lot of open space and sky. There are two ways to get through Nebraska. The interstate is straight, predictable and a little dull. Or you can take roads that go west and south and ...