Bird Island News

Siblings say their brother, retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jim Pierce, couldn't shake images of Iraq war.

If you happen to be walking through downtown Marshall this summer, you may wonder why you hear beeping sounds and mechanical voices periodically coming from many of the intersections.

Sunday found me and Ross heading to Bloomington with a couple of theater friends to see the Bloomington Civic Theater performance of "Kiss Me Kate." The Marshall Area Stage Company is doing this show for its summer musical, so it was an opportunity to borrow some set pieces from the Bloomington production.

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar met with Brian Sheehan, Kevin Sheehan, and Susan Peterson, owners of Rural Computer Consultants, Inc., this week to congratulate them for being named the Minnesota Small Business Persons of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.