Beer and wine lovers in Minnesota, mark your calendars! The Made in Minnesota Craft Beer & Wine Festival returns for a night of delicious drinks and local fun on Saturday, May 18th, 2024, from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Held at the Red Baron Arena & Expo (1651 Victory Drive, Marshall, MN 56258), the festival showcases breweries and wineries from across the state, offering a chance to sip and savor a diverse selection of over 30 locations in the state!

Grand March Time Change Murray County Central Prom will be Saturday April 27th. The Grand March will be at 7:30 pm this year (doors opening at 6:40pm).

An amazing evening promoting healthy living programming at the MN 4-H event on April 23 at the Malcom Market yards in Minneapolis. Promoting our popular SWIM program - seeing wellness in motion program with Stacy Johnson from Redwood County, our state 4-H leader, Jennifer Skuza, the new Healthy Living Specialist, Ayesha Baltaci, and the national 4-H president, Jill Bramble. Along with our SW colleagues, MaryAnn Anderson, Lac Qui Parle, and Suzanne Souza, Big Stone, who promoted their Tasty Tuesday’s program.

Murray County 4-H hosted a new workshop called Livestock 101, which was put on by Murray County 4-H staff along with youth and volunteers involved in our program. The first workshop was held at 6 p.m., Friday, April 19 at the Murray County 4-H Building.

Relay For Life of Murray County has something new for you this year at our annual event on August 10th at the Murray County Fairgrounds. After much discussion, the committee came up with a new and fun idea. We are going to have a HOPE GARDEN. Yes, you heard that right, a HOPE GARDEN. It will be between the Heritage Hall and the Horticulture building on the north end of the fairgrounds. We will decorate with live flowers and plants with lights to illuminate the area. Hope Sponsors will have a sign in the Hope Garden with their business name or their family name displayed. The cost is $100 per sponsor. We plan on having a quiet sitting area with benches where you can reflect about those who are fighting cancer or have lost their battle.

On Saturday, April 20th, the MCC track teams traveled to Pipestone for a ten team track meet. With temperatures in the thirties and wind chills in the twenties, the conditions were less than ideal but the Rebel athletes made the best of it, turning out some season best performances.

The MCC Rebel Softball team has been lucky so far this season to play a majority of their schedule. On Thursday the Rebels played a team that has had no luck at all. The Rebels hosted the Coyotes of Heron Lake Okabena Fulda who had played just one game all year compared to the Rebels 5. The Rebels have fallen behind in almost every game they have played this season but that did not happen on Thursday, as the Rebels took control early and never looked back.

The Rebels traveled to Sanborn on Monday to play in a triangular against Red Rock Central and Mountain Lake Area. Although it was a little windy, the sun was bright and warm. MCC’s girls had the opportunity to play the course prior to their first conference meet on Thursday.

MCC’s boys traveled to Worthington this past Saturday to compete in the Trojan Invite. The weather felt even colder than it was for the girls who played just two weeks prior. Despite the inclement weather, the Rebels had a solid performance against some challenging competition.