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In Recognition

The Lyon County Salvation Army Annual Red Kettle Campaign Committee wishes to extend our sincere gratitude to the Marshall Hy-Vee, Runnings and Ace Hardware for hosting our Christmas season bell ringers this year, and a heartfelt thank you to all the volunteers who rang those bells for us. We also want to thank Brad’s Market in Minneota, Tracy Food Pride and the Cenex-Ampride stores in Cottonwood, Minneota and Ghent for hosting countertop Red Kettles this year. A special thank you goes to Hy-Vee for hosting our kickoff Santa-thon and matching gift; and to Jim and Hunter Kontz at ...

Pastor weighs getting a dog at 90

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 nearly seven years, I still feel so attached to my wife of 63 years that I don’t want a new romance. But I love dogs. I’d love to have a miniature Goldendoodle to snuggle up next to me. I would enjoy the companionship and having a loving, nurturing, living being beside me. The problem is that in ...

Older but not weaker

Dear Annie: I’m a 75-year-old widow who has lived in the same little Cape for 43 years. I still do my own shopping, I drive myself to church, and I host Sunday supper when my joints cooperate. I’m not fragile, but I am ... older. And lately, I feel like everyone is determined to treat me like a porcelain figurine. It started after I slipped on my back steps last winter. I was bruised and embarrassed, but I healed. My daughter came over with a bag of salt and a look of panic, and since then she has never quite stopped hovering. Now she calls twice a day “just to check,” insists ...

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 TOPS# 1373 (take off pounds sensibly), 8-9 a.m., 82 W Main Street Cottonwood. For questions call 507-828-0944. 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. ...

New at the Library

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 #1) Huber, Anna Lee. Sisters of Fortune July, Miranda. All Fours Klassen, Julie. Whispers at Painswick Court Kraus, Chris. The Four Spent the Day Together Krentz, Jayne Ann. The Shop of Hidden Lane Miranda, Megan. The Girl from Widow Hills Patterson, James & Imogen Edwards-Jones. The Last ...

Teen’s content creating has gone too far

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 home into a low-grade reality show. Mia has started recording everything. At first, it was harmless: funny cooking mishaps, the dog stealing socks, little random clips with music. Then it shifted. If my husband and I disagree about anything, she’ll quietly set her phone on the counter like it ...