Russell News

The Lyon County, Minnesota Sheriff'S Office says the driver of a school bus involved in a crash near Russell on Friday will be charged.

The Lyon County, Minnesota Sheriff's Department says a 28-year-old woman driving a Chevy Pickup was airlifted to a Sioux Falls Hospital after colliding with a school bus Friday afternoon, south of Russell, Minnesota.

A school bus owned by Russell-Tyler-Ruthton schools and a 1994 Chevy pickup were involved in a collision at 1:57 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Lyon County roads 13 and 16, south of Russell, the Lyon County Sheriff's Department said.

Stewart W. Peterson, age 86 of Waseca died on Monday, October 19, 2009 at his residence in Waseca.

The results of the MCA-II school tests were released Monday - some local schools met the No Child Left Behind standards and some didn't. But no one's panicking at the results, no matter on which side of the equation they ended up.

A bike was brought to the LEC in a found property incident reported at 7:59 a.m. Wednesday on the 400 block of North 4th Street, Marshall Police said.

Courtney K. Voorhees, 29, of Cottonwood was sentenced Tuesday in Lyon County District Court in Marshall to 41 months, or three years and five months, in prison in the Nov.

The Pipestone County Board of Commissioners has thrown its support behind a groundbreaking wind energy project between the Rural Minnesota Energy Board and the Metropolitan Counties Energy Task Force and the Metropolitan Council.