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The Meeker County Museum and G.A.R. Hall will be hosting another Civil War Roundtable discussion on March 13th at 1:30 p.m. Daniel Hoisington will speak on the topic “The Destiny of the Capitol.”

Museum Executive Director Danelle Erickson says there will not be a Civil War Roundtable meeting in April as the statewide symposium will be on April 12th and many members opt to attend that. She says a tour of the State Capitol Building is planned for April 26th and the deadline to register for that event is April 8th.

Erickson says the museum hosts a monthly Genealogy Hour which was held yesterday at 5:30. She says there’s a special display in the G.A.R. Hall this month for the observance of Women’s History Month.

Erickson says the Meeker County Museum is open Tuesdays through Fridays from 10-to-4 and Saturdays from noon-to-4. For more information, go to meekercomuseum.org.

The Eden Valley Area Chamber is hosting its first home trade show on Saturday from 9-to-3 at Eden Valley-Watkins High School. A Keek’s food truck will be there, and Joywave Coffee will be served all day.

The trade show will bring together various vendors involved in home construction in any manner – landscaping, designers, painters, cabinet makers, flooring, home services, finances and more.  The event is free to the public. It’s being sponsored by American Family – Press Agency, Riverwood Realty, Citizens Bank of Watkins and Interiors by Cait. For more information about tomorrow’s home trade show in Eden Valley, call Cait at 320-260-8079.

A former Mankato man was killed in an avalanche in Alaska Tuesday. John David Linder, most recently of Miami Florida, was skiing with three other men when the avalanche buried three of them near Girdwood Alaska, which is south of Anchorage. The group had been dropped off on top of a mountain by a helicopter and three of the men were buried as they skied. Officials say they deployed safety gear, but poor weather hampered rescue efforts on Wednesday.

Linder was the son of the late radio station owner John Linder, and co-owned the Mankato Radio Group. Mankato Radio owns several radio stations in southern Minnesota, including the four stations of Lakeland Media in Willmar. Managing Partner Matt Ketelsen says the death of Linder has left them stunned.