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SLAYTON -- The Murray County Historical Society will host its annual meeting at 2 p.m. Oct. 9 at the City Limits Bar and Grill in Slayton. The event is free and open to the public. Presenter for the event will be Joseph Amato, professor emeritus of history and rural and regional studies...

MANKATO -- Isaac Kolstad, the former Minnesota State Mankato linebacker who was severely injured in a 2014 bar fight, is suing his attackers and two bars that served them. The civil lawsuit, filed last week, names Philip Nelson and Trevor Shelley, along with Blue Bricks Bar and South...

ST. PAUL -- A Minnesota-based beauty school abruptly has closed all 79 campuses across the country. Regency Beauty Institute schools included five, serving about 430 students, in Minnesota: Duluth, Blaine, Burnsville, Maplewood and St. Cloud. "It is with great sadness that we announce...

SLAYTON -- The Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership invites artists, makers, designers, event producers and creative types who have connections to southwest Minnesota to a meeting to discuss potential collaborative art projects. An information session will take place from 7 to...

WORTHINGTON -- Businesses and organizations are invited to have an entry in this year’s Holiday Parade. There is no cost, and all entries should use lights in some form. Generators, inverters and battery-operated lights are encouraged. Entries will be judged in two categories:...

SLAYTON -- The Southwest Regional Development Commission’s Board of Directors will meet at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 13. The meeting will be take place at the Center for Regional Development, 2401 Broadway Ave., Slayton.

WORTHINGTON --- The Fall Books Sale at the Nobles County Library will begin Oct. 10 and continue through Oct. 15. The sale will take place in the lower level of the library. Hours will be 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and Thursday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday; and 10...

ST. PAUL -- The races for Minnesota House and Senate have attracted at least $5.1 million in spending from outside groups seeking to influence voters’ choices in November. That number will only grow in the final weeks before the election. The early Minnesota fundraising reports,...

ST. PAUL -- Heavy rains over the last two months are challenging the capacity of manure storage basins. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is asking farmers to communicate proactively with the State Duty Officer to report if their basin is full or near full. County Feedlot...

WORTHINGTON -- The Nobles County Senior Concerns Committee’s survey, which asks residents about what aging issues matter to them most, will be open until Oct. 14. The survey can be found at the Nobles County Library and the A.C.E. of Southwest Minnesota in Worthington, or online...

WORTHINGTON -- The Credit for Military Service in a Combat Zone for service in 2012 will expire for most qualifying service members Oct. 15. The Minnesota Department of Revenue is reminding Minnesota service members to take advantage of the refundable tax credit before it expires....