KaLea Swenson’s service with the National Guard started when she was 17. It hasn’t been an easy path since then. She balanced ...

This week, Lyon County commissioners added their voices to a group of Minnesota counties trying to make future nuclear energy development possible in the state. At Tuesday’s county board meeting, ...

Don’t lose sleep over headlines linking melatonin to heart failure. That’s the message after some scary-sounding reports about a preliminary study involving the sleep-related supplement. It raised ...

MARSHALL — Senior captain Abbey Foley reached her 100th career point behind her game-high three assists as the Marshall girls hockey team cruised past Fergus Falls 7-0 Friday night, starting the 2025 ...

Residents in some U.S. states began to receive their full SNAP food aid Friday as an appeals court left in place, for now, an order requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to fund the ...

Few life milestones are as emotionally and financially transformative as becoming a parent. While this chapter is often filled with deep joy, it can also bring new worries as each stage of parenthood ...

We have been following Marland Burckhardt, a Russell High School graduate who married his Russell sweetheart in college and began an Army career focused on Military Intelligence and Special Forces ...

Leah Jones’ 24-kill, 12-dig performance helped lead the No. 16 Southwest Minnesota State University volleyball team to its fifth-straight victory after defeating No. 22 Northern State University ...

After booking its ticket to the Class AAA state championship match for the fifth consecutive season, the No. 1 Marshall ...

There’s something special about landmark anniversaries and the media coverage that they attract. We’ll have one such event on Monday. It’s the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Great Lakes ...

Because of the federal holiday and no mail delivery on Tuesday the Independent will not be publishing a printed paper on Tuesday. U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s column is running in the weekend edition ...

A trio of touchdowns from Teague Meyer and a lockdown defensive effort in the first half set the tone for the No. 3S Murray County Central football team as they defeated No. 2S Fillmore Central for ...