Warriors sweep home quadrangular against Madelia, St. James, and Ortonville on Thursday January 20. Although these teams had some missing weights the Warriors did not and they were able to bring home the wins. The FMCC Warriors club is making leaps and bounds as they travel through this season showing quality wrestling.

Congratulations to the Senior High Knowledge Bowl teams for their success at the Pipestone meet. MCC 1 (Dawson Blankenship, Brailynn Breberg, Rylan Engelkes, Logan Steinle) placed 1st with 67.5 points. MCC 2 (Ryanna Schreier, Hannah Herrig, Dayton Johnson, Zach Schreier) placed 11th with 27 points. MCC 3 (Thomas Huso, Krystyna Betz, Theran Mannon, William Lundy, Carson Engelkes) placed 10th with 27.5 points.

The Murray County Central Rebel Girls were on the road Friday night in Adrian. The Rebels were taking on the Dragons for the first time this season and we’re looking for their first conference win of the year. Adrian Ellsworth has also struggled this season coming into the game on Friday with just two wins compared to the Rebels 1. The Rebels would fall behind early but they would close the gap late it just wouldn’t be enough.

The MCC Rebels opened the week at home against the Westbrook Walnut Grove Chargers. The Chargers entered the game with a six and nine record and have had to deal with a key injury to their roster. The Chargers are also one of the smallest and youngest teams in the Red Rock Conference. The combination gave the Rebels some hope to pull off an upset especially at home. The Rebels would have some moments on Tuesday night but they didn’t have the consistency to get the win.

2022-2023 Registration It’s that time of year again! During the first week of January 31-February 4 students in grade 7-11 will be attending Registration Meetings to get information for their next year’s class schedule. Students will be given registration sheets which MUST be signed by a parent or guardian and returned to their AP teacher by February 14.

MINNESOTA STATE PATROL Tate Jeffery Dykstra, Fulda, MN, Duty to Drive with Due Care - $125. Kaitlyn Marie Killoran, Canistota, SD, Speeding - $135.

MASONIC LODGE FOOD SHELF PROJECT Murray County citizens, businesses, and organizations currently have a great opportunity to support their local food shelves. The Murray County Masonic Lodge in Slayton is conducting a fund drive to benefit food shelves in Slayton and Fulda.

heerfulness, the tendency to feel and to be happy and C positive is always preferable to its opposite, that gloomy sadness which keeps us looking downward and living in the mire and muck. Cheerfulness tends to raise our eyes to the blue skies and keeps us moving forward; sorrow and sadness tend to lower our gaze and look backward in regret and forward only in fear or anxiety over what tomorrow might bring. When problems arise, the cheerful person sees an interesting challenge or an exciting opportunity to grow. The gloomy pessimist sees only problems and more problems, and even positive events are viewed as potential difficulties. The cheerful person greets every new day as pregnant with possibilities whereas the gloomy pessimist sees it as full of snares and entrapments designed to ruin everything. Some people are blessed with a naturally cheerful disposition and sadly some are burdened with its opposite, but all of us have some control over our outlook and can, with conscious effort and work, improve our outlook. We are wise to remember that we don’t sing because we’re happy; we’re happy because we sing. If you’re feeling gloomy, go out and take a walk in the sunshine. Skip around the block or climb a tree. Do something cheerful and you will soon find that you are cheerful.

Marshall & Slayton, MN—Investors Choice Financial Services Inc. hosting American Heart Association Go Red For Women Virtual Style Show via Zoom on Wednesday, February 2nd at 7:00pm.

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Cervical cancer was once a leading cause of cancer death for women in the United States. Today, screening and prevention have greatly reduced the impact of this form of cancer. Still, more than 14,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer each year, despite the disease being preventable with vaccination and appropriate screening. As with many cancers, early detection is one of the best forms of preventative care for cervical cancer along with vaccinations.