Long Prairie, Minn. (3/1/2023) — University of Minnesota Extension, along with Minnesota Beef Council, will host an online Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) training opportunity on Tuesday, March 21 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. CT. Producers attending the free training will receive their three-year BQA certification.

The Pacesetter Region 3 Basketball Tournament for grades 4-9 will be held on Saturday- Sunday, March 25-26, in Redwood Falls at Redwood Area Community Center for the first round of the 31st Pacesetter Youth Basketball State Championships.

The Southwest Regional Development Commission (SRDC)’s Full Commission will meet on Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 3:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Murray County 4-H Building, 3048 Broadway Avenue, Slayton, MN.

Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS) in the Slayton area, sponsored by Second Harvest Heartland distribution will be held at the office of A.C.E. of Southwest Minnesota - Murray County at 2989 Maple Rd., Slayton MN. Distribution will take place on Thursday, March 9th, from 1:30 - 2:30 pm. Remember if you cannot be there, please have your proxy pick your items up for you. For more information, call Joyce at 507-836-8705.

• Rhonda Raenae Westeen to Elm Tree Properties, LLC, B: 2 L: 13, Reed & Risacher Addition, Slayton. • Craig Ahlers to Lynn Hoffman, SE ¼ NW ¼, W ½, 32-105-40; SE ¼ SW ¼, W ½, 32-105-40.

Please, do not request that your name be left off the District Court List. DISTRICT COURT MINNESOTA STATE PATROL Keith Edward Carlson, Hadley, MN, CMV Tire Defects - $135.

United Way of Southwest Minnesota (UWSWMN) invites you to participate in its first-ever culturally relevant food drive during Foodshare month for Staples, Sauces, and Spices to Support Food Shelves Serving a Variety of Cultures.

ADULT FICTION Bolden - The Forgotten Path Bolden - Friends Without Benefits Bolden - Jessica’s Wish Geye - The Ski Jumpers Harper - Exiles Jenoff - Code Name Sapphire Kellerman - Unnatural History Kelley - Nantucket Homes Klune - Under the Whispering Door Koryta - Never Far Away Lauren - Something Wilder Moyes - Someone Else’s Shoes Nowak - Necessary Deceptions Robb - Encore in Death Van Moer - 1910: Building a Legacy Van Moer - Homestead Wiseman - A Beautiful Arrangement Wiseman - Listening to Love ADULT NON-FICTION Burns - Our America Carney - Outdoor Minimalist Dooley - Savory Sweet Schumacher - November’s Fury Shetty - 8 Rules of Love AUDIO BOOKS Brennan - Don’t Open the Door Grippando - Code 6 Harper - Exiles Kubica - Just the Nicest Couple Leigh - Lie to Her Page - The Keeper of Stories Robb - Encore in Death Willingham - All the Dangerous Things DVD’s Bandit Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Father of the Bride Joe Pickett Season 1 Strange World JUVENILE FICTION Braillier - Nightmare King Brown - Curious Garden Henkes - When Spring Comes Klein - Wings Langstaff - Over in the Meadow Stevens - Tops and Bottoms.

The Murray County Historical Society invites the public to attend its final Dinehart Lunchbox Lecture of the 2022-2023 season on Thursday, March 9, 2023, in the 4-H building on the Murray County Fairgrounds in Slayton starting at noon. This lecture will feature Kandiyohi County native, Carolyn Mankell Sowinski who will present: “Frozen on the Minnesota Prairie: The Blizzard of January 7, 1873.”

BEMIDJI Minn. (March 1, 2023) - Hannah Herrig, a Bemidji State University student from Slayton , Minn. (56172), played the role of Geraldine in “A Hand of Bridge” by Samuel Barber during Bemidji State Opera Theater’s latest production of “The 1950s in Three Short Operas” on February 24-26 at BSU.