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Community showing on farmer mental health

SHERBURN – Six years after a community showing of the movie “Silo,” which showed the dangers of grain bins, a free community showing of the miniseries “Perfect Sundays” is coming to the Sherburn Theatre at 7 p.m. Sept. 26 and 4 p.m. on Sept. 27. The showing of “Silo” in 2020 was done with Fairmont Farmers Mutual Insurance Company. It has also continued to be shown to classes since the community showing. Martin County West FFA advisor and agriscience teacher Stephanie Wohlhuter said showing “Perfect Sundays” is the first opportunity they have had to do

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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…

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