After rain halted early planting progress, farmers are looking to wrap up the planting season. Drs. Jeff Coulter, Extension Corn Agronomist, and Seth Naeve, Extension Soybean Agronomist, discussed planting and replanting decisions on the May 15 Strategic Farming: Field Notes session.

The Hadley Buttermakers lost an exhibition game to Renner on Friday but rebounded to stay unbeaten in league play when they took care of the Worthington Cubs on Sunday Here is the week’s recap: Friday at Renner Renner 7, Hadley 4 Hadley traveled to Renner, SD on a very windy Friday night to take on the independent Renner Rangers. Hadley was looking to stay unbeaten, but the Rangers prevailed in shutting down the Buttermaker bats.

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Kris Rohrer - Distinguished Leadership Award. This award is awarded to someone in a leadership or management position at MCMC. This person is dedicated, promotes positivity, and constantly looks for ways to make improvements both for themselves, their department, and the facility as a whole.

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.

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Some are big and some are not; some say BEEP and others say HONK. Some are quiet, and some are quite loud! Come visit them all and find out for yourself how fun trucks can be! The Murray County Early Childhood Initiative (ECI) presents Touch-A-Truck from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 8 at the Murray County Fairgrounds.

Murray County Farmer’s Share Breakfast this year will be held on Sunday, June 23rd at the Murray County 4-H building. The time will run from 9am to 1pm for the Farmer’s Share of 25¢.

The Slayton Public Library will be remodeling and closed June 1 thru July 7. Patrons might want to stock up on books for this extended period of time. Patrons may call the library at 8368778 to leave a message to request specific titles that will be checked out and placed on a table in the front entryway with the patron’s name on the items. We will be able to order Plum Creek books and receive weekly deliveries. We will not order MNLink books during this time. The outside book drop will be available for returns as usual. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time. Please call the library for further information.

Thank You to these EMT’s and their dedicated service to our community. Angie Brinks - 4yrs 6mos Ashely Haken - 6yrs 8mos Diane Cale-Steinbeck - 5yrs 11mos Nikkya Betz - 5yrs 10mos Cole Larson - 3yrs 7mos Denise Halbur - 11yrs 9mos Heather Hoekman - 4yrs 6mos Jenni Kirchner - 14yrs Patrick LeTendre - 8yrs 10mos Lisa Leebens - 30yrs 9mos Rick Like - 28yrs 9mos Paul Jacobson - 4yrs 1mos Michael Reith - 3yrs 8mos Stacie Menken - 14yrs 7mos Jenna Mollema - 11yrs 7mos Hailey Kleve - 3yrs 3mos Trish Rowden - 9yrs 2mos Danelle Thovson - 11yrs 4mos Roger Zins - 4yrs 7mos Dawson Blankenship - 1yrs 11mos Nichole Gunnink - 6yrs 10mos Aarron Mollema - 1yrs Gracie Haupert - 10mos Courtney Thraen - 5mos.