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North Dakota southeastward across northern Iowa.  
• The warm and relatively dry spring allowed many farmers across the area to get a head start on corn planting compared with 2011. As of the week ending May 20, 2012, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that seven of the nine states in the Midwest had planted over 94 percent of their corn acreage with Michigan and Wisconsin having planted 87 percent and 84 percent respectively. All states in the Midwest were ahead of their 2011 and average 2007-2011 planting percentages. 
• The record-breaking warm spring has not had universal positive effects on agriculture. Fruit trees and vineyards across the Midwest were heavily damaged from freezing temperatures in April. Due to the early and extended period of warm temperatures, many fruit trees began budding in March, four to six weeks earlier than normal, and then were damaged by the April frosts and freezes that occurred across the region. 
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• The Midwestern Regional Climate Center is a cooperative program of the Illinois State Water Survey and the National Climatic Data Center (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce).
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• Groton Post #39 defeated Webster in a pair of games.
• Groton won the first game, 4-1. Groton scored four runs on 10 hits and had one error. Webster scored one run on three hits and had one error.
• Matt Thorson had a home run and a single, Kalen Kjellsen had a double and a single, Zach Herron added a double and adding one hit each were Brandon Stanley, Jamie Jorgensen, Mitch Madsen, Eric May and Michael Erickson.
• Jorgensen was the winning pitcher, throwing 106 pitches for two walks, three hits and 10 strike-outs. Ryan Delzer was the catcher.
• Eric May crossed home plate on a passball as Groton won the second game, 6-5, with two outs left in the bottom of the fifth inning. Brandon Stanley had a home run and a single, Kalen Kjellsen and Mitch Madsen each had two singles and Matt Thorson, Eric May and Austin Fordham each had hit.
• Groton scored six runs on nine hits and had two errors. Webster scored five runs on four hits and had one error.
• Austin Fordham was the winning pitcher with four hits, four walks and six strike-outs. Ryan Delzer was the catcher.