Here is your opportunity to help out families in need at the Walsh Village/Ronald McDonald house at Avera McKennan in Sioux Falls, SD. They are in need of: individual size bottle water, individual size bottled juice, individually wrapped snacks - fruit snacks, granola bars, cereal bars, cookies, crackers, snack cakes, etc. You can drop off any item at the Porter Cafe in Porter,MN between 6a and 3p daily during the month of January.

The Lyon County Museum presents Photography of the Civil War Thursday, January 25th at 5:00 pm at the Lyon County Museum in Marshall. The presentation will be given by traveling professor, American history story teller David Johnston.

Dine Local Help Local events to benefit the United Way of Southwestern Minnesota are here for January. January 25th – Wahlburgers at Hy-Vee donating 15% of proceeds from 5:00-7:00 pm.