FAIRMONT— Housing was the big discussion piece at the Fairmont Economic Development Authority (FEDA) meeting on Monday. Fairmont’s Economic Development Coordinator, Ned Koppen, said that a strategic conversation on developing new housing was added to the agenda at the request of Board ...
FAIRMONT — The Cress Refrigeration tax abatement request cleared its final hurdle on Tuesday as it was approved by the Fairmont School Board at its meeting. Previously, the abatement needed to pass the Fairmont City Council and the Martin County Board of Commissioners. Prior to this meeting, both had agreed to the tax abatement, which will allow Cress to build a new 6,400 square foot commercial building costing $1,074,975 on Bixby Road by the Martin County Fairgrounds. The abatement will last for five years. The issue had been brought up at last month’s meeting, and a public ...
BLUE EARTH— The Blue Earth Area School Board had a relatively short board meeting on Monday but in the 41 minutes the meeting took, they went over a lot of business. The one district report was given by Community Engagement and Workforce coordinator Brenda Millmann. She gave the board an update on her four years of being the coordinator and listed many of the activities that have been going on in her office. Millmann also listed many of the grants that she had applied for and received for the development of the programs which her office organizes and administrates. In total, ...
SHERBURN — Today is a busy day. A CREST Lunch and Learn program will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, Wednesday, July 15, at the First Lutheran Church in Trimont. Ean Sinn will speak about cremation and answer other funeral questions. There will be lunch after the program. These educational ...
FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council on Monday once again considered an objection from a property at 1300 Lake Avenue regarding its assessment from the 2025 improvement program. The 1300 Lake Avenue property, known as the Senne Farm and owned by DFP Limited Partnership, spans more than 73 acres and had an original proposed special assessment with a 5 percent interest of $395,237.05 over 15 years, or just a special assessment of $274,705.38, which is based on the city’s assessment policy. The public hearing on the 2025 improvement program was originally held on March 23, 2026 at ...
MARTIN COUNTY — In the city elections across Martin County, mayoral, city council and school board seats are up for election and will be open for filing starting today. For Fairmont, Lee Baarts' four-year mayoral seat was last open in 2022, when he beat Charles Pearson 2,303-1,333. Wards one and three are also up for election. After losing to Deb Foster in 2022, Randy Lubenow won the Ward three seat in 2024 after filling in for Foster when she left. Ward one was last up for election in 2022, when Jay Maynard beat Jon Davis 615-533. The current Ceylon Mayor is Judith Perkins, who beat ...
