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Anikan Larson finished his high school track and field career at the Minnesota State Track & Field meet held at St. Michael-Albertsville on June 10th and 11th. Normally, sixteen entrants qualify for the state meet in each event as the top two finishers from each of the eight sections automatically advance. Athletes can also qualify by meeting a performance standard. This year eleven runners met that standard to bring the total number of 400 meter dash runners to twenty seven.

By Mark Zinnel - Buttermaker Reporter The Hadley Buttermakers had a successful week of baseball. Here is the week’s recap: Wednesday Hadley 11 Milroy 8 Hadley traveled to Milroy to take on the Yankees from the Corn Belt Conference in a friendly exhibition game.

The Murray County United Soccer 2025 season was another one for the books! Approximately 450 K-6 students participated from all over Murray County. We had 8 solid weeks of soccer, even with a little bit of rainy and cold weather mixed in.

The Murray County Historical Society is excited to announce it has been awarded an Art Projects grant for $3,050 from the Southwest Minnesota Arts Council to host our annual Front Porch Music Concert Series. The concert lineup and dates are as follows: Route 68 Big Band, a group formerly known as the Minneota Community Jazz Band. They play big-band music from the ’30s and ’40s (Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, etc.) and perform five or six times per year. Directed by John Voit, Minneota High School band director, the group consists of teachers, farmers, and other local community members. See them Thursday, July 24, 2025.

Nobles Cooperative Electric is honored to announce it has received the Gold Spotlight on Excellence Award at this Connect Conference in Kansas City. This prestigious recognition, presented by the Council of Rural Electric Communicators and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA).

On Sunday, May 4, the students of Christie Gergen performed in a recital at 2:00 PM. Each student played a solo and a duet. There was a wide variety of music played. James Hohler, a student from Anna Jeanne Flesner’s studio in Tracy came to perform as well. Camden, the piano student of Christie Gergen, joined James in piano duets.

Local students, listed below, have earned Dean’s List honors at Bemidji State University for the Spring 2025 semester. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, BSU students must enroll in at least 12 credits and earn a gradepoint average of 3.5 or higher for the semester.

Spring 2025 semester at South Dakota State University by being named to the dean’s list. Nathan Kuehl of Avoca Olivia Wehking of Avoca Ivy Paplow of Dundee Irish Hollahan of Fulda Lauren Stoel of Lake Wilson Jaelen Barstad of Slayton Amber Boock of Slayton Connor DeGreeff of Slayton Nathaniel Kleven of Slayton Brooke Neilson of Slayton Ashlyn Skoglund of Slayton Jackie Vos of Slayton Madilynn Wendorff of Slayton Luke DeSmith of Walnut Grove Kayla Freeburg of Walnut Grove Abigail Wiggins of Walnut Grove.

MINNWEST BANK PARTNERS WITH FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DES MOINES TO AWARD NEARLY $1 MILLION TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS Minnesota through the Member Impact Fund Grant program supports affordable housing and community development Minnwest Bank, in partnership with Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (FHLB Des Moines), is pleased to announce that 50 nonprofit organizations across Minnesota will receive a total of $980,400 in grants through the Member Impact Fund. This matching grant program will result in FHLB Des Moines awarding $20 million in funding to support affordable housing and community development in Minnesota.

More than 2,400 students at the University of South Dakota are being honored for their high achievement during the spring 2025 semester with the release of the Dean’s List and Academic Honors. These students from this area have been names to USD’s 2025 Dean’s List: Dahlhoff, Mallory (Balaton) Gillette, Izzy (Slayton) Kunselman, Charity (Slayton) Martin, Amber (Slayton) Richardson, Emma (Slayton)