WELCOME — If you want your packages to arrive by Christmas, then today is the last day to get them in the mail. Welcome Post Office hours are 8 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday and 8:30-9:30 a.m. on Saturday.

If anyone is interested in Christmas Eve services for the Circle of Faith parishes, please contact the church office at (507) 728-8259 for information about the services and COVID protocols to be used. There will be no Christmas Day services. Also, St. Paul’s United Church of Christ will not have Christmas Day services.

Mark your calendars for Dec. 28, where free frozen meals will be provided to Welcome residents by the Lutheran Social Services. The delivery will be at 5 p.m. at the fire hall in Welcome. Up to 5 meals and a snack may be picked up. Meals for others in your household may be picked up also.

Welcome Fire Relief Association is holding its fundraising raffle with prizes to be given Feb. 7, 2021. The tickets are $10 and the prizes are: First prize, a private dinner for 10 people at the Cup N’ Saucer in Sherburn. Second prize, multiple gift cards from Welcome Meats,

Korte’s Bar and Grill, Tami’s on the Ave., and Welcome Legion. Tickets can be purchased from any Welcome firefighter. Proceeds will be used for firefighting equipment.