Friday is the Fourth of July. What will you celebrate? Freedom from the English monarchy? To me, the Fourth is about freedom, period. When the Founders signed the Declaration of Independence, they put ...

Seven of the Independent’s 11 area softball teams were represented on the first team of the 2025 Independent All-Area softball team, announced Thursday. Yellow Medicine East and Murray County Central ...

A lot has been changing at a Marshall business this summer. Just outside the Lockwood Motors office and service center, crews ...

Hits were hard to come by for the Marshall American Legion baseball team on Tuesday in its doubleheader against Mitchell (S.D ...

Erosion on a ditch poses a risk to part of a Lyon County highway, Lyon County staff members said this week. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Lyon County Commissioners, highway engineer Aaron VanMoer and ...

Area gardens and special quilts will both be in the spotlight next week in Tracy. Organizers of the Tracy Area Gardens and Quilts Tour are looking forward to welcoming visitors to some new featured ...

A Marshall woman, 22 was arrested in a domestic incident at 10:54 p.m. Tuesday on the 400 block of Village Drive, Marshall Police said. COTTONWOOD — A Cottonwood man, 22, was cited for driving after ...

In a matchup between the Land O’Duck Teal League’s top two teams, the Minneota Mudhens survived a Cottonwood comeback attempt ...

Haska’s hitting was too much for the Marshall A’s to match in a non-league baseball game on Wednesday at Legion Field. The ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court has been targeted by a “sophisticated” cyberattack and is taking measures to limit any damage, the global tribunal announced Monday.

The Dawson-Boyd and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton boys basketball teams dominated the first team of the Independent’s All-Area Team, announced on Wednesday. The state-champion Blackjacks had a trio of ...

St. Edward Catholic Church in Minneota is undergoing an array of repairs and renovations that are almost finished. “There are a number of things that are currently in process,” said Rev. Todd Petersen ...