Cenex Consumers Co-op at 1025 Frontage Road E. in Litchfield will offer a deal that sounds almost too good to be true – cutting the cost of E85 fuel by 85 cents per gallon from 2 to 5 p.m. today.

The ethanol-based fuel is intended only for flex fuel vehicles (go to www.CleanAirChoice.org to see if your vehicle is a flex fuel vehicle). There is a 25 gallon limit per customer. Those who take advantage of the deal will not only save money, they are also helping to save the environment, according to event organizers.

The commute to the metro will be a little slower the next few weeks as construction crews continue work on U.S. Highway 12 in the western suburbs.

Traffic between Wayzata Boulevard in Wayzata and Interstate 494 in Minnetonka will be restricted to a single lane in each direction 24 hours a day, until late August, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

More than 27,400 copies of the monthly Relish magazine will be delivered in the Leader Shopper and Meeker County Advertiser this weekend. Watch for these recipies:

Peach pudding cake
Amaretto peach cobbler
Swiss chard scramble
Salad de Lille
Lime refresher drink
Grilled shrimp skewers
Omelet nachos
Meatballs in sofrito sauce
Plantain and pineapple sundeas
Summer rum slushes
Melon rum punch
Pineapple honey orange smoothie
Berry fruit dip
Chocolate flowerpot cake and frosting
Tropical chicken skewers
Sugar snap peas with mint and lemon

Litchfield Post Office and the National Association of Letter carriers will have their annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive this Saturday.

To participate, Litchfield residents simply need to leave nonperishable food and home care items in a bag by their mailbox. Letter carriers will pick up the bags and at the end of the day will deliver them to the Meeker County Emergency Food Shelf.