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Sherburn Theatre rebooted

SHERBURN – With the money having been raised in only two weeks, the server replacement for the Sherburn Theatre has been delivered, and movies will be starting again soon. The theater opened in 1940 with…

Summer school work recapped

FAIRMONT – The Fairmont Area School Board learned from Buildings and Grounds Director Tyler Garrison about the full status and…

Steak Fry Night on Saturday

SHERBURN — Coffee Hours continue from 8:30 to 10 a.m. each Tuesday in September at St. Paul's Community Church in…

Kicking it in the mall

FAIRMONT – After 13 years in the Eagan area, Kick Start Martial Arts is bringing its talents to Fairmont, opening…

GHEC starting athletic hall of fame

GRANADA – Granada-Huntley-East Chain is starting an athletic hall of fame to recognize past student-athletes, coaches and major contributors to…

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Local Editorials

We’ve been here before

Sitting in the Fairmont City Council work sessions last week, I had feelings of Deja Vu. Haven’t we been here before? Are we not repeating conversations that have already taken place? With the roughly $12 million in Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) that council has available, it’s looking to spend about $10 million on…

We’ve all heard that we should not take things for granted, but it never hurts to…

Never take for granted

Thumbs Up Council OKs phase two of harvesting The Fairmont City Council approved going ahead with…

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Letters to the Editor

Readers' Views

 Paulson’s Water You Love!  Visioneering May 15, 2026 Denise Elston and Tom Hovey of the DNR sent a letter to Ned Koppen in Fairmont Economic Development and Mark Gaalswyk of Easy Automation explaining the newly approved pilot study process and a 9 page “Required Nanobubble Aeration Application.”. You may recall I have been trying…

It’s all in the name To the editor: When I was a kid, we had a…

Readers' Views

Regain control of the debt To the editor: The National debt zooms past $40 trillion on…

Readers' Views

“I.C.E.” is not Christian! To the editor: “I.C.E.” shouldn’t even be a subject that a person…

Readers' Views

Do you agree with President Trump's assertion that the Department of Justice should pay him $230 million for bringing cases against him under the previous administration?