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The popular Twin Brooks Threshing Show will be happening on Saturday and Sunday, August 13th and 14th at Twin Brooks, South Dakota located 5 miles west of Milbank on highway 12 then 1/2 mile south.  This year they are featuring orphan and garden tractors, small engines plus the International Chapter 21 State Show.  Information online at www.threshingshow.com

Saturday, August 13th, is the next opportunity for Lac qui parle County residents to dispose of old electronics, tires, light bulbs and appliances that no longer work or are no longer needed. This waste may be disposed of at the recycling site, the old demolition landfill, located one-quarter miles east of Madison on highway 40 then 1/2 mile north on 241st Avenue.  This service is open to county residents and […]

The Madison City Council met in bi-monthly session at Madison City Hall on Monday evening. Melissa Streich from Prairie Waters Tourism updated the council on that group's activities promoting the area.  The council approved the annual $3,858 appropriation to Prairie Waters. A citizen addressed the council with some concerns about the possible creation of a housing development on what is now Square Park on 6th Street.  The council approved the […]

Following a 3-and-a-half-hour standoff with law enforcement officials in Dawson on Friday (8/5) the suspect in a quadruple shooting in St. Cloud turned himself in without incident.  28-year-old Daquan Ledbetter was arrested on a warrant issued by Stearns County, and he is now being held in the Chippewa County jail in Montevideo.  U.S. Marshalls had learned that Ledbetter was staying in a Dawson residence located in the 800 block of […]

Three Missouri residents were killed in a two-vehicle crash west of Willmar on Highway 40 shortly before 6:00 o'clock Thursday evening (8/4).  Dead are 41-year-old Justin Ecker of Lee Summit, MO, 64-year-old Carol Ecker of Kansas City, MO and 39-year-old Jonathon Ecker of Rosendale, MO.  Injured were 35-year-old Jennifer Michelle Mcginness of Elmo, MO and 57-year-old Ralph Enderle of Raymond, MN.   Justin Ecker was driving a 2016 Lexus SUV northbound […]

The Lac qui Parle County Commissioners met on Tuesday, August 2nd.  The board approved a proposal to adjust the assistant county attorney's wage.  The wage increase will be paid out of the office stipend for 2022, resulting in no increase to the overall county attorney budget. The county board approved the sale of a tax-forfeited building to the City of Madison.  The building at 308 6th Avenue, just south of […]

The Stevens County Fair in Morris is coming up August 9th through August 14th.  Enjoy free parking, free admission and free events.  Among the events this year is the PRCA Rodeo and and an Enduro race.   A complete schedule of events is available at stevenscountyfair.org. The Swift County Fair in Appleton is happening August 17th through the 21st.  Some of the entertainment this year includes Slaughter, Aaron Tippin and Collin […]

The Southwest Minnesota Arts Council is pleased to announce John Sterner of Marshall (Lyon County) as the recipient of the 2022 Prairie Star Award. The Prairie Star Award given out every other year and it recognizes an individual artist whose body of work has made a significant contribution to the arts over an extended period of time, who has been recognized by their artistic peers, and who has best exemplified […]

The Madison City Council met in regular session Monday night (7/25) at city hall.  The council heard the quarterly report from Sheriff Allen Anderson who reported that, in the city of Madison, they responded to 83 calls in April, 138 in May, 132 in June and 113 so far in July.  Calls were for agency assists, alarm calls, animal complaints, medical related calls, welfare checks, reports of suspicious activity and […]