The Minnesota School Boards Association has set February 21-25 as Minnesota School Board Recognition Week to build awareness and understanding of the vital function elected school board members play in our society. Murray County Central is joining other public school districts from across the state to celebrate School Board Recognition Week to honor local board members for their commitment to the communities that make up Murray County Central ISD #2169 and its students.

The Murray County Central Activities Department would like to recognize the 2021-2022 MCC Triple A Award winners. Ciera Tutt, daughter of Kerry and Lisa Tutt, has been selected as the female student-athlete and Dawson Blankenship, son of Dan and Kristie Blankenship, is the male student athlete.

The Fulda/Murray County Central Warriors hosted the KMS Saints and the Wabasso Rabbits Friday February 4th. The Kerkhoven/Murdock/Sundberg Saints are a powerhouse of wrestling in west central Minnesota and always have excellent teams. The last time the Warriors had a dual against KMS the score was 72-0, but on Friday it was a different story as the Warriors held their own and closed the gap with a final score of 29-45.

The C and B squads would be in for tight contests Thursday night against SWC. Unfortunately, both teams would lose by 4 points in hard fought games. C-squad lost 36-40 and the b-squad lost in a high scoring ball game 59-55. The C-team was led by Gavin Gillette who scored 21 points and Hudson Schryvers who connected on 11 and the B-team was led by Bryce Hoekman’s 20 points and Ross Englekes’ 21. Carter Lewis added another 8 and Dylan Kramer and Owen Gillette each connected on a three.

Monday night the boys traveled to Mountain Lake to take on the Wolverines. C, B, and A would all be in action.

The SWWC Service Cooperative’s Regional Spelling Bee was held on Tuesday, February 1 at the Redwood Area Community Center in Redwood Falls. Twentysix students from 21 school districts across Southwest Minnesota competed at the regional contest. Remy Johnson, a 7th grader at Murray County Central, represented MCC. Johnson easily spelled his way out of the written and oral round advancing to the top 15 and eventually finishing 8th overall. Congratulations!

Two high scoring ball games were followed up by a defensive battle as the MCC Rebels traveled to Okabena to take on the HLOF Coyotes Friday night. The C-squad would get off to a fast start as stifling defense and a balanced attack on offense would push the Rebels out to a 34-14 first half lead.

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Slayton City Council met on Monday, February 7th. The agenda with additions was approved and the meeting minutes from Jan. 18, 2022, were also approved. The claims were reviewed and approved for payment. Eric Pauli was present to give the Council an update on Xcel Energy.

The Murray County Board of Commissioners met in a lengthy session on February 2nd. Commissioner Molly Malone served as Chair with all members of the Board present for the meeting.