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eyecare business when she bought out the Slayton location of Heartland Eyecare Center and opened Clear Eyecare in Slayton. Hill has known the importance of good vision for most of her life and is thrilled for the opportunity to continue offering quality eyecare services in her hometown — the dream for quite a while, so it’s nice to be able to do that,” Hill said. “I’ve had glasses since I was very young. My first eye doctor was Dr. Keith Winter — he owned this practice many years ago — so now I’ve kind of come full circle.”

By Joanne Bergman Murray County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, February 28. All five commissioners were present. Chad Benda became the Assessor of Murray County with his oath given early in the meeting. He was hired due to the resignation on December 31 of Marcy Barritt.

Murray County 4-H was awarded a Monogram Foods Loves Kids Foundation Grant to host multi-generational community events. The fourth of five Community Night events was hosted this last Friday night at the Murray County 4-H Building. Murray County 4-H partnered with the Fulda & Slayton Public Libraries to host Valentine’s Date Night. There were several crafts for families to participate in and a spaghetti and meatball supper was served.

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Automotive Parts Headquarters Inc. (APH), a Minnesota-based aftermarket auto parts distributor and store group, named Nikkya Betz as the recipient of the 2022 Auto Value Counter Sales Representative of the Year award. Betz is a counter sales representative for the Sturdevant’s Auto Value parts store in Slayton, Minnesota. She was recently recognized during an awards banquet at APH’s annual Winter Conference at the River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Amidst a lengthy, ongoing discussion regarding the 34th Street improvements during the unfinished business portion of the meeting, the Council approved a motion to go forward with geotechnical testing. “It’s five standard penetration test borings, to a depth of five feet each,” City Administrator Josh Malchow said. “It’s to find out what’s underneath that road.”

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The MCC Rebel boys didn’t expect their final home game of the year to come until Tuesday but Mother Nature had a different idea. With a blizzard scheduled to arrive on Tuesday, the Rebels moved their game with Edgerton up to Monday to make sure it got played. The move would put the Rebels in position, with a win, to play for the Red Rock Conference Title on Friday night against Southwest Minnesota Christian. For the Rebels to win a conference title, they would need their 11th win in a row on Monday and they did just that.

The MCC Rebel boys saluted their parents and their seniors this past Friday night when the team hosted the Adrian Ellsworth Dragons. MCC was looking to add to their nine-game winning streak against a Dragon team that has struggled this season to get wins. After the parents and players were introduced and the candy and flowers handed out, it was all about basketball and the Rebels took care of business.