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.

Established in 1988, the Academics, Arts, and Athletic Award (Triple “A” Award) is sponsored by the Minnesota State High School League. The award goes to a high school senior with a “B” or better grade point average and who participates in Leaguesponsored athletic and fine arts activities.

The Fulda/MCC Warrior wrestling team does it again, by making the final four of the section 3A wrestling tournament. Coming in as an underdog to the Pipestone Arrows, having lost twice to them already this year, the Warriors had their work cut out for them. On December 1st the Warriors fell to the Arrows 30-49, then on February 7 the Warriors again fell to the Arrows 23-40. February 16th marks the day the Warriors would fight off of their back and come out from underneath the Arrows to punch their ticket to the final four with a score of 42-31.

SCHOOL MENU Monday, February 27: Breakfast Poptarts, String Cheese, Assorted Fresh Fruits & Juices, Milk. Lunch: Popcorn Chicken, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Steamed Corn, Buttered Bread, Chilled Fruit Cocktail.

This year’s basketball season got off to a slow start due to Mother Nature causing one game after another to be canceled or postponed in December. That led to a crazy January, with plenty of makeup games but thankfully, not many other changes to the schedule. Well, this week Mother Nature seemed to yell like Russell Casse in the movie Independence Day “I’m back”!!!!!! That meant the MCC Rebels and the Edgerton Flying Dutchmen would combine a schedule spread out over Monday and Tuesday to a schedule that would be played on Monday alone. For the second time this year, the Rebels would host a boy-girl doubleheader that would include six games in two gyms on three courts. Mix in several hundred hamburgers from the Murray County Cattlemen’s Association, ice cream from Lingen Dairy, and elementary dancers and you get a jampacked night of basketball and fun.

Monday, February 27: Parmesan Chicken, Garlic Green Beans, Fruit Cocktail, Breadstick, Dessert, Lowfat Milk. Tuesday, February 28: Creamy Swedish Meatballs, Mashed Potatoes, Carrots, Bread/Margarine, Pudding, Lowfat Milk.