Martin County Library receives largest gift in its history

September 4, 2026

FAIRMONT – Longtime patrons and donors of the Martin County Library System, Robert and Hazel Clark, have left $248,000 to the Martin County Library, the largest single donation in the system’s history. According to their…

People First provides independence and community

FAIRMONT – Since 1998, Martin County People First has organized events, raised funds and assisted people with disabilities in finding…

Schools/select businesses closed on Labor Day

WELCOME — Labor Day is on Monday, Sept. 7. Sherburn City Council will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Martin County…

Connecting with those in poverty

MARSHALL — For the longest time, Southwest Minnesota State University Associate Professor of Science Dr. Kris Cleveland has shared her…

Solar project moving forward in Martin County

FAIRMONT – After weighing local opposition, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved the Lake Charlotte Solar Project in Martin…

Parent-teacher group revived at Fairmont Elementary School

FAIRMONT – Parents and Educators Teaming Together (PETT), which went dormant at the K-6 level during the COVID-19 pandemic, is…

Local Sports

Bowan Sill's debut sparks a GHEC/T victory

GRANADA – The Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman quarterback had to make a decision. With 11 seconds…

Fairmont gets first win

Jaguars begin season in dominating fashion

PREP VOLLEYBALL MCW: 3, ST. CLAIR: 0 TRIMONT – Three consecutive set victories secured another win…

Area roundup: Undefeated start holds for MCW

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…

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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?

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