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Swedzinski in position for reelection in House District 15A race

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MARSHALL — While election results were incomplete at the time of publication on Tuesday night, State House of Representatives incumbent Chris Swedzinski held a solid lead over Democratic-Farmer-Labor party challenger Anthony M. Studemann. With 62 of 94 precincts reporting, Swedzinski held ...

A championship run 20 years in the making

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ST. PAUL — For the second year in a row, Marshall is bringing home some hardware from the state cross country meet. After the girls team won their first-ever state title last year with the boys taking home a third-place finish, the Marshall boys earned the 2024 Class AA state title with a ...

Marshall girls place eighth at Class AA state meet

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ST. PAUL — Fielding a young roster with no runners beyond their sophomore season, the Marshall girls cross country team put together a quality performance at the Class AA state meet on Saturday at Les Bolstad Golf Course. While Marshall lost three members from its 2023 state championship ...

SMSU track and field athlete Hunter Smith passes away at 22

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MARSHALL — Southwest Minnesota State University pole vaulter Hunter Smith passed away over the weekend. The fifth-year senior was 22 years old. Smith was a political science major and was slated to earn his Master of Business Administration in the spring before pursuing his law school ...

Rebels finish season as 3A runners-up

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MARSHALL — After facing an early deficit, the top-seeded Springfield football team scored 13 unanswered points to defeat the No. 3 Murray County Central Rebels in the Section 3A championship game at Mattke Field on Friday morning. The win gave the two-time reigning state runners-up their ...

Minneota wins 3A championship, returns to state

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MARSHALL — Playing in the Section 3A championship match for the eighth consecutive season, the first-seeded Minneota Vikings volleyball team claimed the section title Saturday evening against an aggressive No. 2 Westbrook-Walnut Grove group in set scores of 25-12, 25-23, 25-16 and 25-23, ...