The Murray County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, February 20, 2024 Commissioner Malone was not present at the meeting. Auditor-Treasurer Heidi Winter represented the AARP Committee in requesting the transfer of funds within the fund to allow the $10,000 purchase of key fobs for several doors within the government center.

The city council met on Tuesday, February 20th. Mayor Miron Carney asked for corrections, questions, or additions to the agenda, the regular meeting minutes from February 5th, and the Special meeting held on February 13th. There were none. All were approved as printed.

A compass is a very valuable tool and has saved countless lives since it was invented. I never used a compass until I joined the military in 1969 and was trained how to use them. I walked as a pointman in Viet-Nam most of my tour, even when I became a Scout-Sniper. My job was to get information from headquarters over the radio, (in code), decipher the code and use my map to plot our course for night patrols and ambushes. As point-man I had to carefully test the ground before each step I took to discover booby-traps; (I used a thin stick to feel the ground,) also look for possible ambushes.

Our outside weather is nice to be sure, but winter is not over. As for our 2024 gardens, its maybe a time to check out the gardening tools. Farmers frequently use this time of year to repair their planting equipment. Gardeners can do the same.

The MCC Rebel GIrls wrapped up their Edgerton week by playing at Edgerton Public on Thursday night (February 15). The Rebels were dominated by the Flying Dutchmen earlier this season in Slayton as Alyda Vande Griend destroyed MCC on both ends of the floor. The Rebels would try to turn things around on Thursday.

The MCC Rebel Girls wrapped up their regular basketball season on Monday night (February 19) in Lamberton. The Rebels took on the Red Rock Central Falcons for the second time this season. Earlier this year, the Rebels beat the Falcons in Slayton 62 to 37. That was the first win for the Rebels over RRC since 2012. That means the Rebels had never beat the Falcons on their home court in Lamberton. The Falcons had played their home games before 2016-2017 in Jeffers but made the switch that season. The Rebels have lost in so many different ways in Lamberton. They were hoping in their final game in the gym, they would get that first win. The Falcons got the early lead in this game, as Ella Erickson made a three-point shot to start the scoring. The Falcons held a small lead for the first four minutes of the game, but then the turnovers started to pile up and the Rebels started to score. Lily Daniels started the game strong, getting her hands on several passes, creating turnovers and then hitting two three-point shots, before finishing the half with a layup. Kate Blankenship got into the game and immediately started to score. She would lead the Rebels, along with Daniels, with 8 points in the first half. The Rebels were up 14 points before the Falcons scored the final 5 points of the half to make the halftime score 32 to 24.

The Fulda/Murray County Central Warriors wrestling team finished off their season as a team in excellent fashion, giving everything they had and more. The boys worked hard in and out of the wrestling room this season and it showed this week as they took on the Pipestone Arrows in the section 3a quarterfinals, winning the dual 40-26.

In the rematch of a lopsided affair in Slayton, the February 20 game had many similarities. A tough match-up for the Rebels on Senior night for RTR.

The Rebel Boys played their second home conference game of the week, Friday night (February 16) against Adrian/ Ellsworth, in the second of two meetings this season. MCC won the first meeting in Ellsworth back on January 18th by a score of 85-46.

Adult League - Week 10 Lake Sarah’s Lost Arrows 30 Willy Sinners 29.5 Stonegate Orchard 26.5 Group Tighters 26 Great White Buffalo 24 Skalak Outdoors 13 Capt Dan & Crew 11 Team #8 0 High Scores Nick Pieske 358 Todd Nelson 354 Charles Chapman 331 Nick Olafson 323 Billy Kor 320 High Scores with H/C Brett Pieske 360 Scott Olafson 360 Ryan Swanson 360 Gabe Jacobson 358.8 Rick Parker 358.7 Junior League - Week 7 Titans 25 Seals 18 Wild 15 Orioles 11 Foresters 9 Eagles 6 High Scores Carson White 173 Zachaery Haken 170 Tyler Reith 170 Eli Baumgartner 168 Kaitlyn Wehking 161 High Scores with H/C Hudson Spartz 208.8 Teddy Koenchne 206.1 Freddie Keller 205.4 Rhett Berreau 202.8 Hunter Dragstra 197.9.