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Sherburn discusses area daycare need

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SHERBURN — The Sherburn City Council held its meeting on Monday evening. Several residents were at the meeting in support of the need for daycare in Sherburn. In the last month, two daycares have closed, leaving the remaining two daycares in Sherburn and one is ready to retire. According to the county licensor, there are no daycare license applications for western Martin County. An in-home daycare can only have one infant at a time. The residents reported several pregnant neighbors or Sherburn residents that they knew and supposed there were more in the city and nearby area. ...

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MARTIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Nelson A. Enriquez Blanco, 46, of Sioux Falls, S.D.; fined $125. Also convicted of seat belt required-driver and passengers must use; fined $25. Speeding — Landen T. Pederson, 21, of Fairmont; fined $125. FARIBAULT COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Speeding — Everardo Barajas Jr., 28, of Brownsville, Texas; Matthew L. Benda, 56, of Albert Lea; Ian Lazarev, 22, of Bensalem, Pa.; fined $125; Elizabeth S. Pleuss, 4, of Madison, Wis.; fined $225; Justin L. Rinerf, 45, of Burbank, Calif.; fined $285. Michael A. Conely, 31, of Saint Ansgar, Iowa, was ...

County considers merits of wheelage tax

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FAIRMONT— The Martin County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday heard information from County Engineer Kevin Peyman to discuss whether or not the county wants to continue to collect wheelage tax. Martin County has been collecting wheelage tax on each vehicle in the county since July of 2013. Peyman shared that 55 out of 87 counties in the state are collecting wheelage tax.Twenty-six of them are collecting $20, four are collecting $15 and 25, including Martin County, are collecting $10. The discussion comes as, a year ago, the county implemented a half cent transportation sales and use ...

CER is on the move

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FAIRMONT – After having left five years ago, Fairmont Community Education and Recreation (CER) is returning to the Fairmont Elementary School this week. CER had most recently been in the south side of the elementary school, where the orchestra program currently uses space. When their needs ...

EDA mulls over potential trail project

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FAIRMONT – A potential trail project that would extend between Alpha, Jackson, Sherburn, Welcome and Fairmont was brought up for the first time at Monday’s Martin County Economic Development Authority (EDA) meeting. The spark for this project comes from a MnDOT grant Alpha has received to do a Rails to Trails program. This would mean taking partially abandoned or little-used railroads and transforming them into trails that can be used for walking, biking and snowmobiling. The corridor that would be used is part of the former Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern (DM&E) railroad, which is ...

Police

Police

FAIRMONT Monday, Aug. 3 11:26 a.m. — Police investigated a fraud/counterfeiting complaint in the 300 block of South State Street. 11:46 a.m. to 5:24 p.m. — (4) animal complaints/bites were reported in Fairmont. A verbal warning was issued to one of the calls. 12:24 p.m. — Police investigated a harassment complaint in the 200 block of Downtown Plaza. 12:50 p.m. — A disabled/abandoned motor vehicle was reported at 4th Street and Fairview Avenue. Assistance was rendered. 1:35 p.m. — A suspicious circumstance was reported in the 900 block of Day Street. 1:49 ...