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The Minnesota State Patrol responded to a 2-vehicle crash on Monday morning at 8:52 on Highway 23 at 263rd Avenue in Paynesville Township. A 4455 John Deere tractor was northbound on 263rd Avenue and a 1991 Dodge Dakota was eastbound on Highway 23 when they collided.

The Dakota was driven by 69-year-old Myron Neil Roos of Paynesville. He received non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to the Paynesville Hospital. The tractor was driven by 73-year-old Richard Roman Lahr of Paynesville. He was not injured. Also responding to the scene were Paynesville Police, Paynesville Fire Dept. and Centra Care Ambulance.

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The results from Tuesday’s bond referendum election in the ACGC school district were posted twice on the Minnesota Secretary of State’s website, making the totals twice as much as they should be. The actual “yes” votes were 381, and the “no” votes were 726, so the initiative has failed.

The ACGC school district was asking residents to approve of a $15.95-million bond referendum to build a new 2-station multipurpose addition to the junior/senior high facility in Grove City – including health and fitness space, improvements to the career and technical education space, relocating the wrestling space, supporting student athletes’ needs and addressing some deferred maintenance needs.

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The Litchfield High School Hall of Fame ceremony is coming up on Friday evening in the High School Commons with a reception at 6 p.m. and a program at 7 p.m. This year’s group of inductees will spend some time at Litchfield High School on Friday – touring the facilities and speaking to students.

Marcia Provencher is on the Litchfield High School Hall of Fame Committee and says this year’s inductees include Andrew Revering and Donald “Pokey” Schreifels – both from the class of 1961, Debra Freitag Baker from the class of 1981 and the late Mark Wood from the class of 1971. She says nomination forms are available at the Litchfield High School office and from Committee members and they have lots of them to sort through each year.

Provencher says the nominations stay in the mix, so no one needs to be nominated again if they weren’t chosen right away and the committee looks at their career accomplishments and other factors such as their charitable and volunteer work. She says this year’s group will have a chance to speak to students on Friday afternoon at Litchfield High School about how high school maybe directed them in the paths they chose to follow in life.

Provencher says several past inductees have been invited to the ceremony and they will receive pins recognizing their membership in the Litchfield High School Hall of Fame. She says past inductees Ann Olson Montgomery and David O’Fallon will be speaking during the ceremony.

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