FAIRMONT— A tour of various county roads was taken on Friday afternoon by the Martin County Board of Commissioners. The tour, which made a few stops at county bridges, was led by County Engineer, Kevin Peyman. “I wanted them to see the bigger construction projects for this year and then I ...
FAIRMONT— The Martin County Board of Commissioners held a budget workshop on Friday and they spent the majority of it talking about the cost of health insurance renewals and the impact it will have on the 2027 budget. Currently, the 2027 preliminary budget has the county taking on 18 percent of the rate increase. While the county is part of the Minnesota Healthcare Consortium, Human Resources Director, Leigha Johnson, said bids from other agencies are due Sept. 24 so they can see what comes in then. “You can see what the increases call for from the coop. There is a big difference ...
FAIRMONT — Giddy Up Boutique, co-sponsored by Imagine Martin, will host the first Bohemian Hippie Market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19, at West 1st Street in Fairmont. “We’re feeling good about it,” said Giddy Up Boutique owner Denise Rouse when asked how she and the ...
CEYLON — A ladies group Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML) Mini Retreat will be at 11:30 a.m. today, Saturday, Sept. 12, at Zion Lutheran Church in Fraser Township, with a salad luncheon. The speakers will be Curtis and Cheri Frank from the Healing Hearts Recovery House in ...
FAIRMONT— In another effort to seek input from the public and share potential plans, the city of Fairmont held a community open house on Thursday regarding the downtown improvement project. The open house was held in addition to a steering committee that was formed and has been meeting to ...
BLUE EARTH— At the Blue Earth City Council meeting on Tuesday the council discussed a series of unbudgeted repairs that needed to be completed yet this year. City Administrator Dawn Collins presented the council with a list of unbudgeted repairs that required attention, and requested direction on which should be completed. First, for the Blue Earth Municipal Swimming Pool, Collins noted there were repairs to a fractured TEE pipe and waterline tile replacement quoted at $11,130 by American Leak Detection, along with additional repairs that did not yet have an estimated ...
