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STRATEGIC FARMING: LET’S TALK CROPS! SESSION TALKS WHETHER FOLIAR DISEASES OF CORN WILL CONTINUE TO THREATEN MINNESOTA’S YIELD POTENTIAL On March 4, Dean Malvick, UMN Extension corn and soybean plant pathologist and Ryan Miller, UMN Extension crops educator joined UMN Extension crops educator Liz Stahl to talk about whether the foliar disease pressure experienced by the 2025 Minnesota corn crop is a ‘new normal’. This was an episode of the 2026 Strategic Farming: Let’s talk crops! webinar series.

The Murray County ECI and Slayton Area Chamber of Commerce invite the public to attend the annual Spring Expo on Saturday, March 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Please do not request that your name be left off the District Court List. MN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Todd Alan Hemme, Crooks, SD, Abandon trash on property in Water Management Area - $135.

First Responders and Community Members are invited to attend a Skywarn Severe Weather Awareness Training on Monday, April 6th at 7:00 PM. This event will be hosted at the Murray County Central Schools Auditorium, located at 2420 28th Street, Slayton, Minnesota.

By Norma Dittman Cody Hansen earned First Place Overall in the 50 Mile Outlaw 100 Trail Series on Saturday, February 14th. The ultramarathon consists of four 13mile loops - totaling roughly 52 miles. The course goes through very challenging, rocky and rooty trails near Twin Mountains in Kinta, Oklahoma.

An extensive discussion was held between Slayton City Council members and owners of multi-unit housing regarding the recent rate change to $55.00 per month per dwelling unit, with water usage of $4.00 per 1,000 gallons. The new rate structure went into effect for January 2026 usage.

By Norma Dittman Nana’s Naughty Nickers, written by Katherine DiSavino, is coming to the stage at Fulda Elementary School on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, March 20th, 21st and 22nd. Production times will be 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Adalie and her team Sapphire competed in the Minnesota State Gymnastics Championships and Adalie earned her title as STATE CHAMPION on her floor routine! Competing against 73 other gymnasts in her division, this was no easy task to get first place! Adalie also earned two new personal best scores on bars and floor. Her team got second place all around AND her team also received an extra award for best sportsmanship. Congratulations, Adalie and team Sapphire!

The Minnesota State Wrestling Tournament isn’t necessarily magical to start in the first few rounds, to simply be a spectator, but as you near the finals there’s a chill in the air, as you start to see hopefuls fall in matches. There’s also a thrill in the air as you see unexpected wins, upsets, and meaningful losses. The Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul seems like a huge venue at first, especially if you used chat GPT to find out what door to go in, then you have to walk around the stadium from gate 4 to gate 1 wondering if you might be lost. Upon entering, there’s a familiarity because its very much like every other tournament. Although smaller than Fargo, there are way more spectators. The Warrior wrestling family communicates where they are sitting, as coach Henning told them which of the 8 mats we might be wrestling on.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 MCC VS. WWG The Murray County Central Rebel Boys Basketball team opened up their playoffs on Saturday afternoon in Worthington.