MCHS, Martin Co. Players bring dark tales to life

October 16, 2026

FAIRMONT — The Martin County Historical Society (MCHS) and Martin County Players are bringing history to life for the autumn season and the haunting holiday with the storytelling performances “Dark Tales of Martin County.” The…

Pork Producers promote, foster area industry

MARTIN COUNTY – With 15 board members and about 300 regular members, Martin County Pork Producers supports and strengthens one…

Housing program grant work falls into place

FAIRMONT — With the work for the $1.95 million Public Owned Housing Program (POHP) grant upcoming for the Housing and…

Trimont Farmers Market today

WELCOME — The Trimont Farmers Market will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, Friday, Oct. 16, at…

Local company presents fertilizer alternative to United Nations

WELCOME – An alternative fertilizer venture from Martin County-based Easy Environmental Solutions Inc. made enough headway to be presented to…

DNR completes second round of stocking

FAIRMONT – After the walleye fry were stocked in the spring, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) came on…

Local Sports

Late score pushes Tri-City United past Fairmont

FAIRMONT – Tri-City United’s Parker O'Malley secured a fourth-and-1 touchdown with 20 seconds left…

Section implications loom when Fairmont takes on Titans

PREP CROSS COUNTRY JORDAN – The Fairmont boys' and girls' cross country teams closed the regular…

Area roundup: Cardinals cross country concludes regular season

Area roundup: Klanderud, Slama win doubles section championship

Local Editorials

Who gets a say?

It was surprising when the city of Fairmont called a special meeting to discuss the hiring of a liquor store manager. The city council in recent years has had special meetings to discuss the hiring of a city administrator, which makes sense, given the importance of the role and the fact that the city…

Sitting in the Fairmont City Council work sessions last week, I had feelings of Deja Vu.…

We’ve been here before

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?

Letters to the Editor

Readers' Views

Kudos to the People of Fairmont To the editor: A 1975 FHS Class Reunion brought me to town for Homecoming last weekend. The school and city-wide pride for the students was amazing and overwhelming. The parade, PIE pregame dinner and football game complete with marching band, were all full of positive energy and community…

Asking for your Early Vote To the Editor: Hi, I'm Jaime Bleess, District 2 Martin County…

Readers' Views

Who’s the Captain of the ship To the Editor: In 1981 my Honeywell manager lent me…

Readers' Views

Paulson’s Water You Love! Visioneering May 15, 2026 Denise Elston and Tom Hovey of the DNR…

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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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