County commissioners hold public hearing on curbside recycling tonight
MARSHALL (KMHL) – Lyon County Commissioners are holding a public hearing tonight on the future of curbside recycling in the county. Earlier this month, commissioners rejected all bids to continue the program because the bids came back much higher than expected. They also voted to replace the curbside program with roll-off containers to collect recyclables set up around the county. However, commissioners reconsidered that decision at their second meeting this month and set the public hearing. They also again called for bids from interested haulers to continue the curbside program. The meeting is set for 6:30 tonight in the commissioner meeting [...]
Janet Ann Cyr
Janet Ann Cyr, age 76 of Tracy, passed away Friday, September 27, 2019 at Prairie View Healthcare Center in Tracy after several health complications. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 1 at Tracy Area Funeral Home. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Tuesday. Interment will be in the Tracy City Cemetery. Stephens Funeral Service - Tracy Area Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Janet Ann Cyr was born February 5, 1943 to Frederick J. and Blanche Katherine (Addison) Johnson in Tracy, Minnesota. She was baptized on November [...]
Don Christensen
Don Christensen, 81, of Redwood Falls, passed away at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minnesota on September 25, 2019. Memorial Services will be held at a later date. Don was born to Poul and Valborg (Thompsen) Christensen on September 7, 1938 in Ortonville, Minnesota. He lived in a few communities while growing up. He had served in the U.S. Army. Don met Carolyn Pequin in Marshall, Minnesota and they were married April 7, 1961 at the English Lutheran Church of Marshall. In 1964, Don and Carolyn moved to Redwood Falls where Don worked for Conoco, Texaco and Sinclair Gas Stations for [...]
Juli R. Filzen
Juli R. Filzen, age 54, of Redwood Falls, died Thursday, September 26, 2019, at her home after a short illness. Memorial Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 from the St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Redwood Falls, with burial to follow in the St. Catherine’s Catholic Cemetery in Redwood Falls. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. with prayer service at 6:30 pm at the Nelson-Hillestad Funeral Home in Redwood Falls. Visitation will continue at the church from 9:30 until 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 2, 2019.
Gerald “Jerry” Thompson
Gerald “Jerry” Thompson, age 89, of Canby, MN, passed away on Friday, September 27, 2019 at the Sylvan Court Nursing Home in Canby. Memorial service will be 1:00pm on Wednesday, October 2nd at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Canby. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial with military honors will be at the Canby City Cemetery. Houseman Funeral Home-Birk Chapel is entrusted with the arrangements.
Merle Francis Pacholl
Merle Francis Pacholl, 90, of Walnut Grove, left this world to be with his wife in heaven on September 26, 2019. He passed away unexpectedly and peacefully surrounded by his children at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, October 3rd at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Tracy. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, October 2nd at Walnut Grove Funeral Home with a prayer service at 7p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in the Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Walnut [...]
Marshall City Administrator Sharon Hanson on KMHL
Heath Radke visited with Marshall Minnesota’s City Administrator Sharon Hanson on Friday morning on KMHL. They discussed the 2020 preliminary tax levy, bids being taken on the city hall project, an update on the branding process for the city, a public hearing on body worn cameras for the police department and an upcoming "Conversations with Cops" event.
Magdalene “Sandy” Opdahl
Mass of Christian Burial for Magdalene "Sandy" Opdahl, 86, of Minneota, will be at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 30, 2019, at St. Eloi Catholic Church in Ghent. Visitation will be Sunday from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. with a Rosary at 4:00 p.m. and a Prayer Service at 7:00 p.m. at Rehkamp Horvath Funeral Home in Minneota. Visitation will continue from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Monday at St. Eloi Church. Interment will follow the service at St. Eloi Catholic Cemetery in Ghent. Whether you knew her as Magdalene, Maggie, Mag, Sandy, Mom, or Grandma, she was a selfless, humble [...]
Nurses to set up informational picket at Avera Marshall
MARSHALL (KMHL) – Nurses in Marshall are planning an informational picket at Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center next Thursday. A letter from the Minnesota Nurses Association to the hospital says nurses are planning the picket from 4:30 until 7:30 p.m. Thursday. In a message to Marshal Radio, nurses say Avera’s recent restructuring at the hospital and clinic is putting patients and the community at risk. Nurses add they want proper training for their jobs and safe patient care ahead of "any kind of profit." "We respect our MNA-represented employees' right to speak out on issues of importance to them," said Avera [...]