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Competition gathers dozens of area youth

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TRUMAN – At Truman Elementary Saturday, 60 fifth and sixth graders from Fairmont, Truman, Martin County West and Granada-Huntley-East Chain schools worked together across 27 teams in a Vex IQ robotics competition this past Saturday. Teams worked in alliances of two to stack pins of the same ...

Class ‘rolls into’ Norwegian holiday culture

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NORTHROP — Mother-daughter baking duo, Heidi Koeritz and Hayley Luther, shared a longstanding holiday tradition, lefse making, with the community to raise funds for St. James Lutheran (SJL) School in Northrop. “This has just been an at-home thing. We are not experts, but we make it every ...

County OKs first housing trust fund project

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FAIRMONT— The Martin County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday considered a housing project grant application from Habitat for Humanity of Martin-Faribault Counties for funds from the Martin County Local Housing Trust Fund. Amber Patten, a CEDA specialist, said that this is the first ...

Upcoming area Christmas church services

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SHERBURN — A CREST Lunch and Learn will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at the First Lutheran Church in Trimont, with a lunch to follow the Christmas Bingo program. These are free to senior citizens in Martin County. CREST appreciates a free-will donation for the lunch. The ...

Courts

Courts

MARTIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Sheila J. Jones, 52, of Mankato, was convicted of burglary-fourth-degree-to commit misdemeanor; fined $75, sentenced to jail 364 days, stay 311 days for two years, credit for time served 53 days, supervised probation two years, complete treatment, follow ...

Police

Police

FAIRMONT Monday, Dec. 15 7:31 a.m. — A disturbance/disorderly conduct/nuisance was reported in the 500 block of South Park Street. 12:04 p.m. — A civil complaint was reported in the 400 block of Budd Street. 12:08 p.m. — Police investigated a fraud/counterfeiting complaint in the ...