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- County Fair preparations are underway
- Benefit planned for girl’s heart transplant
- Suspect tries to claim jackpot
- Clinton softball earns wins in festival
- INSERT: Homeland
There was no payday for a woman trying to claim another’s jackpot.
The American Legion Post 41 will host a benefit hamburger cookout and dance from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday to support Lillian Funk, a 12-year-old girl urgently awaiting a heart transplant. All proceeds will go to the Funk family to help with medical and transportation Lillian, known as Lily, was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS).
The 98th annual Custer County Fair is scheduled for Sept. 4-7 at the county fairgrounds, offering a wide array of exhibits, contests, and familyfriendly entertainment.
Bridge work continues
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Both the Army Reserve and police missed opportunities to intervene in a gunman’s psychiatric crisis and initiate steps to seize weapons from the spiraling reservist responsible for the deadliest shootings in Maine history, according to the final report released Tuesday by a special commission created to investigate the attacks, which killed 18 people.
BURKE, Vt. (AP) — Two bouts of flooding from storms in July has hampered businesses and destinations in an economically depressed section of northern Vermont, with some still closed as they continue to repair damage and others urging visitors, who were deterred by the weather, to make the trip.
Attentive listening
In 1858, senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas held the first of their seven debates.
Greeting elementary students