On one of the routes from here to the Cities is a unique sign. You might have seen it. It’s been there for a few years. On a curve is a quaint country church. Out front is an admonition to “Love thy neighbor.” A quarter mile past that, on the bed of an old pickup truck is an 8 by 4 ...
Last week, the Marshall Public School District celebrated the opening of a new location for the Area Learning Center (ALC) and Adult Basic Education (ABE) with a ribbon cutting and open house event. The new ALC facility, developed in collaboration with Southwest/West Central Service Cooperative ...
More than 200 years ago, our Founding Fathers created a special system for electing presidents, one that aimed to distribute power evenly among the states. They created the Electoral College, under which electors meet after the election to officially cast votes for each state. Whoever wins a ...
We have been learning about Minneota’s Royal Hettling, who grew up on the family farm and graduated with the Minneota High School class of 1969. He enlisted in the Air Force, rather than taking his chances with the military draft. Royal arrived at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in January ...
Social Security remains a critical component of most American’s retirement plans and questions persist around its long-term solvency. While the number of Social Security beneficiaries is expected to continuously grow over the next decade, payments into the program via payroll taxes are likely ...
Thomas and Melissa (Mussen) Lindsay moved to Fairview Township in Lyon County in 1872. They lived on their original homestead, which was located in Section 12 of Fairview Township about two miles southeast of Green Valley, until the time of their deaths. Thomas passed away on April 15, 1919, ...