The back to school season is always an adjustment; as students adjust to classrooms, a bell system, lunch lines and homework. Teachers are facing an adjustment in 2026. Artificial Intelligence ...

Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good” has been a phrase stated in government as a reminder that progress over perfection is important to the greater good of the community. In practice this mindset ...

As a kid, I played board games all the time. Of course, Monopoly was a favorite, but I wasn’t into games like Scrabble or ...

The Southwest Minnesota State University football team opened its 2026 season with a 10-7 victory over Valley City State ...

We have been learning about Larry Van Moer, the second of five children born to Marie (Marcotte) and Herbert Van Moer. Larry ...

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said Friday that inflation is still too high and suggested the central bank may have to raise interest rates in the coming months to bring it down, a clearer signal ...

On Thursday night the full moon went dim as an almost total lunar eclipse was reported over much of North America. At the ...

Soft piano music could be heard coming from the Gibbon sunflower field as bees and monarch butterflies darted around the ...

Part of Southwest Minnesota State University’s homecoming celebrations will be held downtown this year, university spokespeople confirmed Friday. A free outdoor concert will be held in downtown ...

In her 1994 memoir, Dolly Parton recounts in vivid detail the place where she found God. It was an abandoned church, in rural Tennessee where she grew up, that had become known as a haven for sex, ...

Notes courtesy of SMSU Athletics Communications. THIS WEEK •The Southwest Minnesota State University football program (0-0, 0-0 NSIC) opens its 58th season on Thursday night hosting Valley City State ...

The bond market swung Friday as investors built bets that the Federal Reserve may hike interest rates soon to get the nation’s high inflation under control. U.S. stocks, meanwhile, dipped but not by ...