Melissa Kramer is returning to the classroom as a preschool teacher after spending the past two school years substitute teaching for Fulda Public School and MCC. Kramer became an educator because she loves working with children and wants to play an active role in educating our future generations.

Luverne native Madeleine “Madee” Schmuck is beginning her teaching career at MCC as the seventh- and eighth-grade math teacher. For Schmuck, teaching has always been a career she could see herself pursuing.

MCC SECOND GRADE WELCOMES MOLLY LARSON Molly Larson, a Ghent native and current Tracy resident, is joining MCC as a second-grade teacher after spending the past eight years teaching third grade at Lac qui Parle Valley. Larson attended Minneota High School and Southwest Minnesota State University, where she studied early childhood education and early childhood special education.

Krista Keller, a Slayton area native and 1998 MCC graduate, will join the staff as the seventh- and eighth-grade English, junior high current events, communications and writing applications teacher. Keller earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and K-8 language and communications from the University of Minnesota Morris in 2002.

Sherri Burke is new to the Fulda School District as the district-wide speech-language pathologist. “I will be assessing and providing speech-language services for qualifying students birth-21,” Burke stated.

Alli Getting, Fulda, has joined the teaching staff at Fulda Elementary School for the 20262027 year. She will be teaching 5th and 6th grade English Language Arts.

On July 19, 2026, US Army Vietnam War Veteran, Robert “Bob” Ferguson, of Slayton, was presented with a Quilt of Valor at his home. The quilt was given in honor, appreciation and thanks for his service; and to bring comfort, peace and healing. Currie Legion member, Denny Johnson, welcomed family and friends and spoke about Bob’s military service. Kerry Cassens of Patriotic Piecers QOV group, spoke about Quilts of Valor and awarded Bob his quilt.

Mark your calendars for the Plum Creek Library event of “Amelia Earhart and Her Cousin”! On Thursday, September 17th, 2026, Nancy Earhart Burt, Hastings, MN, will present a program on the life of Amelia Earhart at Fulda City Hall, 7 p.m. A two-part presentation, during the first half, “Amelia” arrives dressed in costume.

The Murray County Commissioners adopted a resolution on September 1 that opposes the proposed 765 kV PowerOn Midwest transmission project Certificate of Need application, which is currently under review by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC).

The final lecture sponsored by the Society for the Study of Local and Regional History (SSLRH) will be held Thursday September 17, 2026 from 6-8 PM at the Marshall- Lyon County Library. Under the title “Remembering Home: Perspectives on Change,” the speakers are former Congressman, lawyer, and judge David Minge and Stephen Carpenter, the deputy director and senior staff attorney for the Farmer’s Legal Action Group (FLAG).