Dear Heloise: Maybe you can help me. I infer from reading your column in the Omaha World-Herald that you have an affinity for pets. This leads me to ask you what may be an unanswerable question. I’m a widowed nonagenarian who yearns for a cuddly comfort. Although she’s been deceased for ...

The Independent calendar lists upcoming meetings, facility hours and events in and around Marshall. To have your group’s events listed, email the information to news@marshallindependent.com or submit the information to our virtual newsroom. Today Household Hazardous Waste Facility, open 8 ...

New Materials at the Marshall-Lyon County Library Fiction Boschwitz, Ulrich Alexander. Berlin Shuffle Carr, Jack. Cry Havoc (James Reese #8) Carver, Caro. Bad Tourists Gallagher, Pete. Backwashed Hammonds, Julie. Blue Mountain Rose Huang, Ana. King of Wrath (Kings of Sin ...

Dear Heloise: To the people who prefer reading a physical newspaper, stating that it’s just not the same on their laptop, and to those who worry about spilling coffee on the keyboard, I, too, would never read the paper on a laptop. But I now read it on a tablet. My paper offers a PDF of the ...

Dear Annie: I’m a 42-year-old mom of two. I’ve been remarried for three years, and I’m trying hard to do the blended family thing with grace. My husband has a 16-year-old daughter, “Mia,” who lives with us half the time. Most days are fine, but there’s one issue that has turned our ...

EDGERTON—Jane Giese, 87, of Edgerton, MN, died at the Edgebrook Care Center in Edgerton, MN on Friday, February 6, 2026.  Funeral services will be on Monday, February 9, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Ann’s Church in Slayton, MN.  Visitation will be on Sunday, February 8, 2026, from 2-4 ...