After a good construction season due in part to late season dry weather conditions, the city of Marshall is closing out most projects, while some have gotten underway. This past summer, the city completed the reconstruction of two parking lots: Addison Parking Lot and the Independence Back ...
To the editor: As a lifelong resident of southwest Minnesota, I’ll be casting my vote for Senator Amy Klobuchar on Election Day. Here’s why: Number one: she’s fighting for our farmers. Southwest Minnesota needs and deserves a senator who will stand up for the men and women who feed ...
To the editor: I am sure most have seen all or excerpts from the latest GOP ‘rally’ at Madison Square Garden. This is no doubt the most vile exhibition ever for an election campaign (and there have been many by Trump this year). The racist, name calling, and coarse language shown by ...
To the editor: We have come to know life in America as freedom and democracy. The upcoming election threatens to destroy most of what we have believed in for the last 200 plus years. Having a father who served and an uncle who gave his life during World War II I find it hard understand ...
To the editor: Another weekend, and another round of Democratic sign thefts in Marshall. As Chair of the Lyon County Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, I am tired of getting calls, texts, and messages from people whose Democratic signs were stolen, particularly Harris/Walz signs. Some people ...
It’s so easy to not do something, isn’t it? We create numerous excuses and reasons to delay or pause that thing — that’s something we are all good at doing. Maybe that delaying tactic is found within our personalities, our habits or our humanoid genes. No matter the root of that ...