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Kennecke to speak in Tyler Angela Kennecke, founder of Emily’s Hope, will speak at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the RTR Performing Arts Center in Tyler. The presentation shares the true story of Emily, a young woman who died after unknowingly taking fentanyl. The aim of the presentation is to help students understand the real dangers in today’s drug supply and empowers youth with knowledge and prevention strategies to make safe, informed choices and avoid substance abuse. Road closure announcement East Lyon Street will be intermittently closed between South Bruce Street and Kennedy ...

Regional Calendar

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 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Public Works Building, Marshall. Call 532-8210 for more info. SW MN Arts Council Gallery, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m., 509 West Main Street, Marshall. Marshall-Lyon County Library hours, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., 201 C St. Lyon County Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 301 W. Lyon St., ...

‘We’re going to have a blast’

The headliners at this year’s Sounds of Summer will be bringing something new to the Marshall festival. On Thursday, Sounds of Summer revealed that the festival’s Saturday night concert will feature the band Viva Knievel, with opening act Maiden Dixie. “We are going to have a blast,” ...

US, Iran prepare for high-level talks

ISLAMABAD (AP) — With the ceasefire in Iran still shaky, U.S. Vice President JD Vance headed Friday to Pakistan for high-level talks with Iranian officials, as Israel and Hezbollah militants traded fire and Tehran maintained its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz. Many issues could derail the truce and the negotiations aimed at making a broader deal to stop the fighting permanently. Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency, close to the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, claimed that the talks set for Saturday would not happen unless Israel stopped its attacks in Lebanon. And U.S. ...

Regional Calendar

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 AA (Book study), 8 a.m., Open Door Church, 77 North Bruce Street. Prairie Women’s Expo, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Veterans Memorial Center, Tracy. Marshall-Lyon County Library hours, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 201 C St. Lyon County Museum, noon.-4 p.m., 301 W. Lyon St., Marshall. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., 800 East Southview ...

Regional Calendar

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 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Public Works Building, Marshall. Call 532-8210 for more info. SW MN Arts Council Gallery 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m., 509 West Main Street, Marshall. Lyon County Museum 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 301 W. Lyon St., Marshall. Fast Track, 10 a.m., Adult Community Center, ...