One of the better ideas to come out of the Reformation was the notion of community singing of hymns; it might be odd to consider, but congregational hymn-singing represents only 25% of the history of Christianity, coming into existence around the early 1500s. It was a way (so thought ol’ ...
To the editor: On July 3, 1947, the day before Independence Day, U.S. Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall prayed: “God of our Fathers, whose Almighty hand hath made and preserved our Nation, grant that our people may understand what it is they celebrate tomorrow. “May they remember how ...
According to John Radzilowski in his book, “Prairie Town: A History of Marshall, Minnesota 1872-1997,” “The second most talked about holiday after Christmas, at least in the early days, was the Fourth of July”. The communities in Lyon County pulled out all the stops to attract as many ...
We have been learning about Marshall’s George Seldat and his Vietnam service. George grew up in Decatur, Illinois, enlisted in the Army in 1967 after receiving a draft call, trained at the Military Intelligence School at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, and deployed to Vietnam in April ...
One of the things people are noticing each summer is the amount of hazy days that affect our local area. On a regular basis haze from Canadian wildfires clouds our sky. Sometimes it’s almost like smoke. We often notice it in communities, but there have been other days where it becomes ...
This year, the legislative session brought changes that are being described as “historic” for our schools. There are a lot of pieces to this puzzle, and a lot of the pieces still need more definition from the state for us to truly understand how they’ll impact our system. I’d like to ...