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Making that connection with 'silly' videos

Maybe you have already seen them — that is if you follow Borch's on social media. The first video shows three young women wearing sunglasses performing some kind of dance routine in front a display of clothing inside the store. The woman in the middle has a leg wrapped around the legs of ...

On the Porch

America’s national pastime, baseball, originated before the Civil War, but grew in popularity during the war. In 1871, the first professional baseball league was formed, and by the beginning of the 20th century, most large cities in the eastern United States had a professional baseball team. ...

A Vesta boy – Dave Hansvick – Vesta summers

We have been learning about Marshall’s David Hansvick, the second of three children of Dottie (Penske) Hansvick and John Hansvick. Dave grew up in the small town of Vesta where summers opened new realms of activities for Dave and his friends. “In the summertime we were really busy. We ...

Discovering Marshall all over again as a summer intern

Hello everyone! My name is Griffin Peterson and I'm working as a summer intern at the Marshall Independent. I’ve just completed my second year majoring in journalism and political science at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. I've lived in Marshall all my life, and I'm excited to come back and do work in reporting in my hometown. In my free time I like going swimming, watching scary movies and camping. But winter is where I'm in my element, as it's prime time to go snowboarding, skating or snowmobiling. Hopefully this winter will have the weather for it. I actually didn't ...

Trump has lost the plot on governance

Republicans don’t want to say this publicly, but privately they do: President Trump’s personal political obsessions are hurting his Presidency, harming the chances for further policy gains the rest of this year, and putting control of the House and Senate in jeopardy. That’s the backdrop to the GOP revolt this week in Congress on war powers and funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Trump’s unrelated priorities are handing Democrats gift after gift and forcing Republicans to take difficult votes that could cost them in November. His desire for political revenge is ...

Dahms, Swedzinski failed in fighting fraud

To the editor: Re: Dahms, Swedzinski talk fighting fraud May 22 Representatives (Minn. Sen. Gary) Dahms and (Chris) Swedzinski are featured in the article discussing combating fraud in Minnesota. Both have massively failed the voters who elected them to protect our interests. To provide them a headline that implies they are somehow involved with the current fraud investigation and solutions is an insult to the taxpayers they failed. We elect our representatives to advocate for our best interests-regardless of party affiliation. An estimated $9B in Minnesota fraud is approximately ...