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Students honored for academic success during the 2024 spring semester. The following students have been named to the 2024 spring semester Dean’s List at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, the university announced today.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR This is Kevin Nelson, owner of Nelson Storage in Slayton. Recently, the city invited Woodstock Telephone and Anco to install fiber optics in town.

Dear Editor, I was impressed & delighted to read last week’s letter to the editor from Dean and Jan Van Oort in regard to the importance of voting in the August 13th Primary. I also agree that Steve Boyd for US House of Representatives and Royce White for US Senate would be the fresh new voices we need to represent the people of Minnesota, able to resist the temptation of being bought off by Special Interest groups.

St. Cloud State University has announced the names of more than 960 students whose academic achievement placed them on the 2024 Spring semester dean’s list. To be eligible for the honor, students must have a grade point average of 3.75 or higher on a 4.0 scale.

The following words are an article that former Museum Director Janet Timmerman wrote several years ago about the museum deaccession process. Her words are an accurate and succinct summarization of the needs and process for deaccessioning museum artifacts.

Question: Since I’ve moved to Minnesota, I’ve seen many drivers use right turn lanes as a bypass lane. Is this legal or does the sign reading “lane must turn” mean exactly what it says? Answer: White signs are regulatory and failing to comply can result in a citation for “fail to obey traffic control sign/signal.” “Right Turn Lanes” are what they are posted for, not passing or bypassing.

• Neal Gilbertson, et al to Kari Smith, L: 6 & 7, Lokken’s Addition, Lake Wilson. • J & R Farms to Randall S.

The Slayton Community Band has had an AMAZING season! They added music for our Memorial Day program at MCC High School, played 6 concerts at Gullord Park in June and July, and have spent the rest of the summer making guest appearances by performing in neighboring towns during parades. You can catch these talented people playing next in the Slayton parade August 17th at 1:00 PM and September 2nd at 1:00 PM in the Tracy Box Car Days parade!

In July of 2018 my life as I knew it changed. I had been suffering from a lot of stomach-intestinal issues and over a two week period, repeatedly ended up going to the emergency room several times for pain.

Join Connie and Sarah at the Murray County Water Resource booth for a fun kid’s Coloring Contest. All ages are welcome and prizes will be given to all who participate. Three bonus prizes for each category will be determined by drawing. Coloring pages are available in the Murray County Fair Book or can be downloaded at http:// murraycountymn.com. Please submit completed coloring pages to the Environmental Services Office the week prior to the fair or at the Water Resource Booth, by the fish tanks, when staff are present.