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Summer school work recapped

FAIRMONT – The Fairmont Area School Board learned from Buildings and Grounds Director Tyler Garrison about the full status and information regarding this summer's projects at their Tuesday board meeting. The biggest piece is the mill and overlay tennis court project, which fixes the ...

Steak Fry Night on Saturday

SHERBURN — Coffee Hours continue from 8:30 to 10 a.m. each Tuesday in September at St. Paul's Community Church in Welcome. Join friends and neighbors for good coffee, treats and fellowship. Today, the ladies' group LWML in St. John's Lutheran Church in Sherburn will meet at 2 p.m. All ...

Courts

MARTIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Passing-overtaking vehicle fails to pass to left/safely clear — Thomas F. Bolster, 60, of Fairmont; fined $135. Speeding — Berny O. Esquivel Rosales, 22, of Fairmont; fined $125; Mark T. Blaser, 37, of Freedom, Wis.; fined $285. Driving after suspension — Javon M. Ahlers, 21, of Windom; fined $285. Christian Gonzalez Garcia, 23, of Albert Lea, was convicted of speeding; fined $145. Also convicted of window restrictions-windshield tinted or glazed; fined $50. Also convicted of window tint-less than 50 percent light transmittance; fined $50. ...

Sherburn Theatre rebooted

SHERBURN – With the money having been raised in only two weeks, the server replacement for the Sherburn Theatre has been delivered, and movies will be starting again soon. The theater opened in 1940 with assistance from the Works Progress Administration as both a theater and community hall, ...

Police

FAIRMONT Monday, Sept. 7 12:19 a.m. — Police rendered assistance to the ambulance in the 400 block of Lake Park Boulevard. 1:27 a.m. — Police rendered assistance to the fire department in the 600 block of Summit Drive. 9:05 a.m. — A civil complaint was reported in the 800 block of Redwood Drive. 12:58 p.m. — A suspicious circumstance was reported in the 800 block of Fairlakes Avenue. 1:19 p.m. — A suspicious vehicle was reported in the 700 block of East 2nd Street. The call was cleared. 7:32 p.m. — An animal complaint/bite was reported in the 700 block of ...

Police

FAIRMONT Friday, Sept. 4 12:09 a.m. — Police received a threats complaint in the 400 block of N. Prairie Avenue. 10:28 a.m. — Police received an animal complaint in the Prairie Avenue area. 11:32 a.m. — Police assisted an ambulance in the 1200 block of N. State Street. 2:09 p.m. — Police received a report of a theft, gas drive-off, in the 1500 block of Albion Avenue. 2:14 p.m. — Police received a report of a theft in the 200 block of Victoria St. 4:13 p.m. — Police received a report of a civil disturbance in the 100 block of E. 4th Street. 7:31 p.m. — Police ...