No one knows how many times the Rev. Jesse Jackson shouted that phrase at political rallies or college campuses in the 1980s and ’90s, including the University of Washington, with much heart and conviction. Amazingly and eerily, it’s almost as if he knew where our nation would be decades ...

The Marshall Speech Team attended the Mankato East Speech Tournament on Saturday and brought home a fourth-place trophy. Those students who advanced to varsity finals and placed in the top six in their respective categories were: Sydney Larson, second in prose and third in oratory; Nathan ...

Dear Heloise: When I moved into an apartment that had recently become nonsmoking, I quickly learned that the odor from previous tenants can linger for far longer than expected. Even after maintenance aired out the apartment with a fan, the tobacco smell was so strong that I woke up my first ...

PLYMOUTH—Kenneth Gannott, age 76, of Plymouth and formerly of Marshall, Minnesota, died on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at the Mission Nursing Home. A Memorial gathering of family and friends will be held from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. next Saturday, March 7, 2026, at the Hamilton Funeral Home in ...

Dear Annie: For most of my life, I picked the wrong partners. Over time, I realized it wasn’t bad luck. I was choosing what I had seen, not what I had actually done the work to earn. Those patterns came from my family and the system I grew up in, and I kept recreating them. A few years ago, ...

Amid so many crises around the world, it’s easy to forget the scale of America’s debt problem. But a new report from the Congressional Budget Office puts the stakes in sharp relief: Even under the best circumstances, America’s finances are on track to get much worse. The CBO’s Budget ...