We have been learning about Cottonwood’s Dave Harris, who was raised by his grandma in southern California, and with grandma’s permission, enlisted in the Army at 17 in May 1968. The Army deployed him to Vietnam and assigned him to the 71st Aviation Company in Chu Lai where he served as a ...

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 ...

I just finished re-reading J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” series, the first set of real books I can recall reading on my own as a young teenager. In between that time and now, Hollywood managed to turn out nine hours’ worth of award-winning films covering the trilogy, and, though ...

During this time of the year, many of us are focused on preparing to celebrate the 4th of July, and that’s certainly appropriate. The day reminds us that our national independence began with the passage of the Declaration of Independence on July 4,1776. That was a special moment in time for ...

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 ...