Breaking News

Uncategorized

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. 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. Marshall-Lyon County Library hours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., 201 C St. MAFAC Arts Center and Gift Shop ...

Reusing dryer sheets to grab lint

Dear Heloise: In response to Delia, who cleans her dryer lint filter with a toothbrush, I clean my dryer filter by wiping it with the used fabric softener sheet after each load is removed from the dryer. This way, the lint filter is always clean, and I am repurposing the dryer sheet. It’s a win-win. My wife and I read your column every day in the Orange County Register. It is a breakfast tradition. -- Richard, in Anaheim, California BACK-SCRATCHING HINT Dear Heloise: I am 88 years young and disabled, and I started to have a problem with my scratching my back. I got a long-handled ...

Home projects left half-finished

Dear Annie: I am 67 years old and have been married for 43 years to a man who treats me well, has been a fair father and has tried his best to be a good husband. My problem is that although I worked for 30 years as a registered nurse and contributed more than half to our retirement (we have a very comfortable retirement), my very old home is still not complete (we’ve lived here for 40 years). He refuses to allow me to hire a handyman, and although he has done some work on the house, he tends to stop work in the middle of the project. I would like to live in a comfortable, safe home for ...

New at the Library

New Materials at the Marshall-Lyon County Library Fiction Scottoline, Lisa. The Unraveling of Julia Silva, Daniel. An Inside Job (Gabriel Allon #25) Trigiani, Adriana. The View from Lake Como Wiggs, Susan. Wayward Girls Wing, Annie. Go Deep Mystery Griffiths, Elly. The Frozen People (Ali Dawson #1) Housewright, David. Girl in a Dumpster (Holland Taylor #6) Walker, Martin. An Enemy in the Village (Bruno, Chief of Police #18) Graphic novels Hulls, Tessa. Feeding Ghosts [929.2 HUL] Takei, George. It Rhymes With Takei [927.9 TAK] Biography Brennan, Christine. ...

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 Marshall Sunrise Rotary, 7 a.m., Marshall Area YMCA. Household Hazardous Waste Facility, open 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Public Works Building, Marshall. 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. Marshall-Lyon County Library hours, 10 ...

From stepmother to stranger

Dear Annie: I have been married for more than 35 years, but for most of that time, I have felt unloved and trapped. I came into this marriage desperately wanting children, and when my husband was widowed young with two little ones, I stepped in and raised them as my own. I was the one who got out of bed in the night, went to every school event, and poured my heart into giving them the love and stability they had lost. To them, I was “Mom,” even if I was never allowed to adopt them. Meanwhile, my husband spent his years drinking, cheating and controlling every part of my life -- ...