Border to Border project edging closer to finish line

September 16, 2026

MARTIN COUNTY – Federated Broadband's Border-to-Border project, which has worked in select areas stretching through rural north and south Martin County, is nearing completion after a year of work. The broadband project has taken $10…

In contentious vote, council OKs preliminary 2027 budget and levy

FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council again discussed the 2027 preliminary budget and levy at its meeting on Monday, which it…

County OKs preliminary levy at 6.57 hike

FAIRMONT— Following a budget workshop last week, the Martin County Board of Commissioners in their regular meeting on Tuesday learned…

Council approves contract with hockey

FAIRMONT— After the Fairmont City Council approved a new one year contract with the Fairmont Ag Society (Martin County Fair…

C&C club offering park bench sponsorship

SHERBURN — CREST Lunch and Lean will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, Wednesday, Sept. 16, at First…

BEA Board goes over superintendent evaluation

BLUE EARTH— One of the first things on the agenda at the Blue Earth Area School Board meeting on Monday…

Local Sports

Cardinals set season scoring record versus Worthington

FAIRMONT – Fairmont Area girls soccer assistant coach Dominick Driano calls it “the unstoppable…

PREP VOLLEYBALL FAIRMONT: 3, BEA: 0 BLUE EARTH – The Fairmont volleyball team notched its second…

Area roundup: Fairmont sweeps BEA

PREP FOOTBALL NORTH UNION: 56, RICEVILLE: 42 RICEVILLE – North Union football outlasted Riceville 56-42 on…

Weekend roundup: North Union moves to 4-0

Cardinals rally in sets three and four, take down Blackhawks

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

The Fairmont City Council tabled another project at its meeting this week. This one is for…

Will they or won’t they?

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

Et. Cetera

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?

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