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Fairmont Fine Arts legends make up first hall of fame class

FAIRMONT – Fairmont High School (FHS) inducted its first Fine Arts Hall of Fame class of five teachers, coaches, students and boosters on Saturday. The inaugural inductees are Marlys Brummond, Miles Duffey, Bradley Greenwald, Cliff Janke and Roxy Janke. First to speak was Brummond, an ...

Council asks Oman to reconsider administrator job

FAIRMONT— On Monday the Fairmont City Council ended up talking about the open city administrator position and whether its community development director, Pat Oman, would reconsider it. Oman was the final of three candidates that withdrew their application for the position and just last week ...

GHEC School Board approves para pay differential

GRANADA – After removing it last year, the Granada-Huntley-East Chain school board on Thursday approved a memorandum of understanding to reinstitute a 1:1 para pay differential of $2 an hour for the current school year. This means paras who work one-on-one with a student will receive $2 ...

Close to complete, child care space will provide 100 spots

FAIRMONT— Years of patient planning and fundraising are coming to a culmination as the new, bigger Building Blocks Learning Center and Child Care space inside Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center in Fairmont is almost complete. The project, which really started back in 2020, will provide ...

Beletti moves into Captain role

FAIRMONT— Mike Beletti of the Fairmont Police Department has recently been promoted to the Captain position. Beletti began his new role, left open by the retirement of Eric Tonder, on Oct. 2. Originally from the metro area, Beletti began his career as an officer in 2009 in Winnebago after a ...

Referendum at GHEC to match growing student populations

GRANADA – With the student population growing relatively quickly at Granada-Huntley-East Chain (GHEC), the district hopes this referendum can provide students with the space they need to succeed. The referendum has three main pieces of growth. Renovating and expanding the Career and ...