By Joanne Bergman The regular meeting of the Murray County Board of Commissioners was held on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Ditch Inspector Travis Radke had three repair petitions for review. Two of those were in Lake Shetek Township and one in Leeds Township.

Come check out Keeley Island this Memorial Day weekend! For the past 15 years, Keeley Island residents have lined the road with small flags for the holidays. At the summer picnic last year, it was decided to step things up. Nobles Coop and Murray County were contacted for permission to put up 3x5 American Flags from the utility poles. The flags needed to be 8 feet off the ground, and they needed to run parallel to the road. Donations were requested from residents, and they had the option to purchase a flag in memory or honor of someone if they wanted. There will be 50+ flags displayed! Please see our Facebook page “Keeley Island Friends” for the complete list all the Honor and Memorial recipients. The flags will proudly be displayed on Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day. Keeley Island is proud to support our American Freedom!

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Seasoned banking veteran to lead organization’s banking, mortgage and insurance business lines Minnwest Bank today announced Ivan Van Essen is assuming the combined role of of Bank President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In this elevated role, Ivan will assume CEO duties and continue leading Minnwest Bank’s core business lines including Agriculture and Commercial banking, Retail banking, mortgage sales and operations, and Minnwest Insurance Agency, Inc.

The Slayton Public Library is sponsoring a free music concert on Monday, June 12th at 1:00 p.m. at Gullord Park.

May 15 - Early League Tom Andrews & Jon Heidebrink 14.5 Don Hansen and Bob Schoenbaum13.0 Randy Pankonen & Jeff Carlson 11.0 Tom Keller and Larry Hafner 10.5 Brad Bergerson & Neal Everson 10.5 Tom Ackerman & Chris Davis 10.0 Tom Pryor & Bill Bryan 10.0 Larry Meyer & Larry Plantz 9.5 Steve Wynia & Gary VanHove 9.5 Steve Haugen & Terry Schmidt 9.0 Mike Sawatzky and Dick Davidson 7.0 Mark Zinnel & Bob Veenhuis 5.5 Mike Groen & Mark Gauer 0.0 Laddie Carda & Curt Erickson 0.0 May 15 - Middle League Neal Everson & Jake Scandrett 13.0 Tim Petersen & and Rick Like 13.0 Steve Haugen & Brad Bergerson 11.0 Mark Haupert and Tom Andrews 10.5 Mike Ryan & Jeremy Steinle 10.5 Bill Bryan & Steve Wynia 9.5 Don Hansen & Bob Schoenbaum 9.5 Dean Ackerman & Jon Heidebrink 9.0 Terry Schmidt & Joe Meyer 7.0 Randy Pankonen & Jeff Carlson 7.0 Scott Hamman and Tony Clarke 0.0 Larry Meyer & Tom Ackerman 0.0 James Wajer & Brad Dierks 0.0 Mark Zinnel & Bob Veenhuis 0.0 Pete Jacobsen & Chris Hansen 0.0 Doug Hansen & Gary Kellen 0.0 Curt Jenson & Jeff Wolfswinkel 0.0 May 15 - Late League Jeff Douma & Brady Kremer 13.5 Corey Lickness & Justin Hoffmann 13.5 Travis Pierson & Aaron Buysse 12.5 Eli Ackerman & Terry Giesen 11.0 Jason Holm and Justin Keller 10.5 Jason Schreier & Mike Larson 10.5 Kyle DeLong & Jase Bly 10.0 Keith Carlson & Mike Stelter 10.0 Tyler Johnson & Andy Kleven 9.5 Blaine Jacobson & Chris Jacobson 9.5 Kellan Johnson & Cole Bassett 9.0 Josh Onken & Jake Erickson 7.5 Brad Dierks & Dana Deacon 6.5 Chris Halbur & Mitch Magnus 6.5 Blake Heronimus & Dave Brown 0.0 Dan Johnson & Darran Schuur 0.0 Heath Landsman & Paul Counter 0.0 Ryan Veldhuisen & Travis Plantz 0.0 Joel Oolman 0.0 Low Scores Jason Holm 35 Kyle DeLong 38 Brady Kremer 39 Mark Haupert 40 Justin Hoffmann 40 Best H/C Scores Justin Hoffmann 28 Jon Heidebrink 29 Don Hansen 30 Steve Wynia 30 Neal Everson 30 Chris Jacobson 30 Brad Dierks 30 Brady Kremer 30 Travis Pierson 30.

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The MCC Rebels were on the road for a busy day of softball on Wednesday, May 17. The Rebels went to Jackson to play in the JCC Softball tournament that was originally scheduled to be played a week ago Saturday but was postponed due to rain. So, the Rebels would play the games on Wednesday instead. It turned into one of the warmer days of the spring, even more so, when you are playing three days. The tournament also started a stretch for the Rebels of five games in three days.

The MCC Rebels were looking to bounce back from last week’s difficult week by beating the TMB Panthers just four days after being ten run ruled by them. For the second straight year, the Rebels were playing the Panthers with the season on the line in the opening round of the Section 3A playoffs. With a win, the Rebels would advance to the doubleelimination portion of the playoffs with a loss the Rebels season would be over.

The MCC track teams concluded their regular season playing host to the Red Rock Conference meet on May 18th. Although there are eleven schools within the conference, a few of the schools are combined in spring sports which makes it a seven team meet. The MCC girls would finish runners up to Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton while the boys would place 6th. SWC/E also won the boy’s championship while Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey was second.