Slayton News

Norman Fox was born on February 5, 1927 in Canby, Minnesota, to Edward and Anna Peterson Fox.

About 25 county and law enforcement officials from Pipestone, Murray, Nobles, Rock, Redwood and Lyon Counties met June 18 in Slayton to discuss the best way to proceed with the Public Safety Answering Point consolidation study.

Charges were filed Monday against an Iona man who allegedly broke into a house in the middle of the night and entered the bedroom of a 17-year-old girl while she was sleeping.

The former Freeborn County director of human services is being honored for his volunteerism.

" Gov. Tim Pawlenty has started his quest to cut billions of dollars from state government spending if budget negotiations fail in the legislative session's final four days.

May 14, 2009 5:55 pm US/Central Marlo was riding his bike down a hill right into the street when he was struck.

After spending a year defending his country, Staff Sgt. Aaron Larson is home from Iraq and able to hold his little boy close _ something that means a lot to a man who suffered the loss of his boyhood friend, Jacob Wetterling, when he was just 11 years old.

A fake wake is the center of attention in the play 'Parlor Games,' which will be performed by Tulare Western High School students next week.

Jamie Boelter likes to think outside the box when teaching language arts classes at Austin High School.

Thursday, April 2, 2009 Media Contact: April Slayton 225-6872 Scott Kuschmider 225-1496 House Agriculture Committee Begins Food Safety Discussion WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing to review Federal food safety systems.

SLAYTON - Steve Jones, who has served as the Murray County Central superintendent and high school principal for four years, has resigned.

SLAYTON - Minnesota Farmers Union will host its annual spring meetings in April, with the meeting in southwest Minnesota slated for 9:30 a.m. April 8, at the Country Host at Cenex, located at the corner of U.S. 59 and Minnesota 30 in Slayton.

SLAYTON - A former Avoca man facing charges in three separate cases entered into a plea agreement Friday in Murray County District court, and is now out of jail until sentencing.

SLAYTON - As the economy grew shaky and people began to worry about taking care of their families, a group of volunteers decided to do something to help those in need.

Thanks to Minnesota voters, funding is available to build parks and trails and the prospect has created a lot of excitement for the nonprofit Friends of the Casey Jones Trail Association.

Last week's worrisome front-page New York Times story a ' "As Cities Go From Two Papers to One, Talk of Zero" a ' raised the specter of a death knell for many papers in big markets,A but also brought an ...

Pipestone's version of the Grand Ole Opry will rock the stage with live country music for the fortieth time, Sunday, March 15 - but it will be the Main St.

The first reports of children suffering from lead poisoning in their homes date back to the 1890s in Australia, but it wasn't until a century later that the United States took action, according to the U.S. ...

Lyon County will be part of the new TCF University of Minnesota football stadium, an alumni official said Tuesday.

Despite a sluggish economy, the Minnesota State Lottery set a record high by raking in $462 million in fiscal year 2008.