The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate registered at 3.9 percent for the 10th consecutive month in March while showing a drop from 4.0 in March 2023, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. Fayette County and six surrounding counties (Austin, Colorado, Gonzales, Lavaca, Lee, and Washington) saw decreases in their unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) from February to March.

The Schulenburg Garden Club had a Standard Flower Show, “The Arts,” on Wednesday, April 24 at the Schulenburg Hall. A wide variety of creative designs were displayed in the hall.

The Fayette County Commissioners Court signed a proclamation declaring April 28 to May 5 as Soil and Water Stewardship Week in Fayette County at its regular meeting on Thursday, April 25. Members of the Fayette County Soil and Water Conservation District were on hand for the proclamation signing. The proclamation states: “...Fertile soil and clean water provide us with our daily sustenance, and effective conservation practices have helped provide us [with] a rich standard of living. Our security depends on healthy soil and clean water and stewardship calls for each person to help conserve these precious resources.”

While not a Schulenburg native, Larry Tidwell has said he considers the town “home” and that his time at Schulenburg ISD were “the best eight years” of his life. After 32 years in women’s college basketball as an assistant coach, a program-building head coach, and a recruiter who has traveled to every state and 40 countries, Tidwell has fulfilled his promise to return.

ACCSS (Alliance for College & Career Student Success) is holding an open house on April 24 at Blinn College-Schulenburg, 100 Ranger Drive. A light meal will be served beginning at 6 p.m.

An eventful weekend for the Schulenburg Police Department started with a traffic stop on Friday, April 19 at around 7:11 p.m. Officers pulled over a black Ford Focus for a traffic violation in the 100 block of N.