Society news: Aug. 31

Duplicate Bridge

Tournament results for Aug. 20 with four tables played: First place, Dave Ring and Orrion Roisen; second place, Larry Crowe and Ron Peters; third place, Eunice Michaelis and Warren Behrends; fourth place, Bonnie Schultz and Romelle Enderson; fifth place, Marilyn Gesme and Helen Ringham.

Duplicate Bridge is played each Wednesday at noon at the Mower County Senior Center in Austin. All Bridge players are welcome. Call Dave Ring at 507-434-4189.

 National Active and Retired Federal Employees

National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Chapter 469 met Aug. 12, 2014, at the Pizza Ranch in Austin, Minnesota. Brigitte Campbell, Executive Director of Freeborn-Mower Habitat for Humanity, explained how Habitat for Humanity works to rehab and build safe, decent and affordable housing in Freeborn and Mower Counties. Committee reports were given and a business meeting conducted. The next meeting will be on Oct. 14, 2014, at the Pizza Ranch in Albert Lea, Minnesota.

SportsPlus

Mower County

Active Transportation Planning Assistance grants now available

Blooming Prairie

Local FFA Member Awarded National American FFA Degree

Mower County

Austin Noon Lions kick up a party with 80th anniversary Hootenanny

Mower County

Austin Page Turners make selection for 23rd annual city wide reading event

Business

Kilpatrick selected as CRC’s newest regional business manager

Education

10 tutors needed in Austin to help students with reading, math

Business

KSMQ selected for Public Media Digital Transformation Program

News

A decade of racial justice activism transformed politics, but landmark reforms remain elusive

Mower County

Riverland Theatre Ignites its Season with ‘Carrie: The Musical’

Crime, Courts & Emergencies

Standoff in SE Austin Monday afternoon ends peacefully after 2 1/2 hours

News

A Minnesota woman is accused of turning in a ballot for her dead mother. A routine check caught it

Business

Partnerships highlighted during ceremony for 1st & 3rd Apartments

News

Trump’s Madison Square Garden event features crude and racist insults

Mower County

Photos: Tricks and treats come to downtown Austin

Mower County

Women in Business: For the love of coffee and comics

Mower County

Women in Business: Being a part of a larger family

Mower County

New county health plan part of a spreading move to opening doors

Mower County

Karl’s Legacy: Potach’s eclipse $1M donated to Institute, given key to the city

Mower County

Additional times for absentee voting coming up

Business

The Minnesota Star Tribune launches statewide news partnership

Mower County

In Your Community: Eagles donates to pickleball group

Mower County

In Your Community: Adams church holding annual meal

Mower County

In Your Community: Duplicate Bridge

Mower County

In Your Community: Mower County Senior Center