FAIRMONT – While summer is known more for heat waves, recently there has been a wave of new businesses in Fairmont. Two of them, Tangle Tamers and Prolific Memories, operate side by side at 100 North State Street. Tangle Tamers, owned by Courtney Logwood, is open to everyone but ...

FAIRMONT— Summer is a busy time for mowing at Lakeside Cemetery in Fairmont as it takes about 65 hours a week to cover the whole cemetery, which spans 56 acres. When the cemetery recently put out a call asking for donations for a new lawnmower, money started coming in, including $10,000 from ...

WELCOME — A gathering to dedicate the AED for emergency use that will be placed outside the entrance will be at 1 p.m. today, July 18 at City Hall. This is a project the City received with a grant from Valero. It is a special unit for automated external defibrillation that can be outside and ...

FAIRMONT – The Fairmont Park Board held its first preliminary discussion regarding the skate park during its Tuesday meeting. Public Works Superintendent Nick Lardy said the park, located at 425 Winnebago Ave., was built in 2000 with wooden fixtures and an asphalt slab on dirt. Now over 25 ...

FAIRMONT— Fairmont’s Community Development Director, Pat Oman, has been with the city just under one year and on Monday brought forth several big items dealing with buildings to the Fairmont City Council for action or approval. Prior to getting the job, Oman said he had done research on ...

BLUE EARTH— Changes in the open meeting law was among the topics the Faribault County Board of Commissioners discussed during their regular meeting held on Tuesday. “I think these changes are something we should look at and be aware of,” commissioner Bill Groskreutz shared with his ...