Marshall, MN

All notes courtesy of SMSU athletics communications. SAINT JOSEPH​, Mo. – The No. 10 ranked Southwest Minnesota State volleyball team (6-1) ended its weekend at the Fairfield Inn & Suits Griffon Classic Saturday morning, sweeping Oklahoma Christian (3-4), by scores of 25-21, 25-21, 25-22 at the MWSU Fieldhouse. Leah Jones led SMSU offensively with nine […]

All notes courtesy of SMSU athletics communications. BEMIDJI, Minn. – Bemidji State used a pair of first half turnovers to score two touchdowns and build a 28-0 halftime advantage before earning a 38-0 victory over Southwest Minnesota State in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference football on Saturday at Chet Anderson Stadium. The BSU defense was in […]

MARSHALL — Despite a slow start to their season opener, Marshall football quickly showed why it has made the state tournament in each of the last two seasons, rolling to a 49-14 victory over Westonka on Friday night. The Tigers, playing at home, found themselves in an early 7-0 hole against the Whitehawks. That deficit […]

Isaiah Marshall threw for 246 yards and two touchdowns, leading Kansas to a 51-6 victory over Long Island in its season opener

Jan. 23, 1934-Sept. 2, 2026 MARSHALL—Mass of Christian Burial for Donna Maeyaert, 92, of Marshall, will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church. Visitation will be held on Friday, September 4, 2026, from 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. with a CCW Rosary at 4:00 p.m. and a […]

DEWITT, IA—Mrs. Darlene J. Yonker, 93, of DeWitt, Iowa, and formerly Marshall, Minnesota, died early Monday morning, August 24, 2026, at Maggie’s House Assisted Living, DeWitt. The former Darlene Joan Lemburg was born October 8, 1932, at Holstein, Iowa, to Herbert Wilhelm and Margearette Kathleen Minnie (Hoops) Lemburg. After a few years, her mother was […]

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and House Speaker Lisa Demuth, two candidates running for Minnesota governor in November, broadly agree that the state needs to build more homes to increase supply and slow rising costs. In-back-to-back interviews with KARE 11 on Wednesday at the Minnesota State Fair, Klobuchar and Demuth said addressing rising rents and mortgages […]

When I write one of these, it’s like sewing a rug. I take a bunch of ideas and stitch them together till I have a column that I can shake outside and put on the floor. Today, I have a lot of loose ends. These are remnants from our trip to Europe in June. Instead […]

In 2007, Hugo Chavez sent men with rifles into the Orinoco Belt. They walked into oilfields Americans had surveyed, Americans had drilled and American engineering had made productive and told ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips to take a minority stake in their own work or get out. Those two got out. Chevron stayed and ate two decades […]

In our local area Labor Day corresponds to railroads and Tracy’s annual Box Car Days. It’s a very appropriate connection because of how railroads shaped our region, its farms and our communities. Development happened quickly in the late 19th century. It was spurred by rail expansion. Our town street configurations were based on railroad designs. […]