MMU Commission meeting date change

The regular meeting of the Marshall Municipal Utilities Commission originally scheduled for Wednesday, April 15, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the office of Marshall Municipal Utilities has been changed. 

The meeting has been rescheduled to take place on Wednesday, April 22, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

Soil health lunch and learn April 8 in Slayton

The Murray County Farmers Union is organizing a Soil Health Lunch and Learn focused on soil health equipment from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, at the Plaid Moose Coffeehouse and Café, 2630 Broadway Ave., Slayton. 

The cost of soil health equipment came up as a barrier to adapting new soil health practices at the February Soil Health meeting. This meeting will address the economics of soil health equipment and other ways to access equipment including renting soil health equipment and grants. Come to share your ideas for breaking the equipment barrier to improving your soil health.

Email Elizabeth Hines at elizabeth@mfu.org for more information.

Blood drive April 8 in Tyler

Community Blood Bank is having an upcoming blood drive on Wednesday, April 8, from 8:30-11:30 a.m. and 1-4:30 p.m. at R-T-R High School (111 County Road 8, Tyler, MN).  Schedule a donation appointment by logging into www.cbblifeblood.org, selecting “Donate Now”, “Blood Drive Calendar”, and choosing April 8 or call Community Blood Bank at 605-331-3222. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are preferred.

Lyon County Historical Society annual meeting April 9

“The Road to 1776” program and the Lyon County Historical Society annual meeting is on Thursday, April 9, starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Lyon County Museum, 301 W Lyon Street in Marshall.  This event is free will donation and open to the public.

5:30 p.m.: Light refreshments

6 p.m.: Business meeting (2025 Annual Report)

6:30 p.m.: Program: “The Road to 1776” by Dr. Anita Talsma Gaul.

About the program:

At the conclusion of the Seven Years’ War in 1763, Great Britain and the American colonies were on the best of terms. The war had strengthened their common identity and solidified the bonds of empire.  Yet at the same time, the war also planted the seeds of mutual misunderstanding and suspicion. Just thirteen years later, in 1776, the American colonists declared their independence from Great Britain, signaling their intent to permanently break the political bonds between them. What caused the relationship between Great Britain and its American colonies to collapse so rapidly?  In this presentation, Gaul explains the steps that led from the war that fused the bonds of empire to the war that broke them forever.

For more information, contact the Lyon County Museum at 507-537-6580 or director@lyoncomuseum.org.