By Joanne Bergman The Murray County Board of Commissioners met in a short session on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. The payments from the Ditch fund were presented by Auditor Treasurer Heidi Winter. These consisted of the costs of postage and supplies to mail notices to the landowners along the drainage systems that are under Redetermination.

SWWC held its workplace campaign to benefit United Way of Southwest Minnesota (UWSWMN). SWWC raised $2,516.00 with payroll deductions and one time contribution incentives.

Brenda Miller is an Extension Educator-Livestock Production Systems with University of Minnesota Extension in Todd County. University of Minnesota Extension, along with Minnesota Beef Council, will host an online Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) training opportunity on Tuesday, April 25 from 7 p.m.

CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH, Slayton, MN. Pastor Darby Lawrence. Office Hours: 8am to 4:30pm. Phone: (507) 836-8291. ______________ DOVRAY OUR SAVIORS LUTHERAN CHURCH, 246 Haynes Street, Dovray. Phone: (507) 8592159 or find us on Facebook. Sun. Service at 9am.

From before the creation of this earth, the Bible reveals to us that even though God is complete and has need of nothing, He desires a family. Who knows how many angels He has to serve Him, but He wanted children. He created us and revealed certain information about Himself in the Bible, so that in time, we would all come to realize our need for redemption and reconciliation and become His child and He would be our heavenly Father.

A Finger Full of Ashes The young high school girl stood before me dipping her thumb into the small container of ashes, lifted them to my forehead and pressed in. As she made her mark sealing my forehead with the sign of the cross, she spoke, “Repent and believe the Gospel.” Sitting in my pew waiting for others to receive their ashes, I glanced up.

March is now over. April has arrived.

In 2019, an amazing donation was made to the Murray County Historical Society by Margaret Lichty – ten banker boxes full of documents relating to the Dinehart and Holt families. Letters, photographs, reports, newspaper clippings, journals, and more! These documents were in Lichty’s possession because she is the daughter of Robert Holt, Jr., granddaughter of Florence and Robert Holt, Sr., and greatgranddaughter of Flora and Christopher Dinehart. After years of being held by the family, Lichty wanted the documents to come home to Murray County where they could be used for research. After assessing the size of the collection, the Murray County Historical Society (MCHS) applied for a grant to fund the proper sorting, inventory, and housing of these amazing documents.

FULDA – The Fulda Area Lakes Trails Group has a vision and a mission. From walking with friends on a sidewalk free of impediments to a family enjoying a biking outing, the Group’s objective is to have hard-surfaced paths for walking, running and biking along U.S.

MCC Boys Basketball had their Awards Program on Monday, March 27 in the MCC auditorium. Among the other awards being given out, the team was recognized as an Academic All Conference team with a combined GPA of 3.49. Many “just for fun” awards were also given out using stats to declare winners.