Local company presents fertilizer alternative to United Nations

October 15, 2026

WELCOME – An alternative fertilizer venture from Martin County-based Easy Environmental Solutions Inc. made enough headway to be presented to organizations and national representatives from around the world at the United Nations General Assembly on…

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…

Truman Lions Club Burger Bash Saturday

TRUMAN — Truman Public Schools will not have school today, Thursday, Oct. 15 or Friday, Oct. 16 because of MEA…

Ceylon hears from Helping Hands

CEYLON — The Ceylon City Council met on Tuesday. A Helping Hands of Ceylon representative requested the street east of…

Tires a must as winter approaches

FAIRMONT – As the weather cools and winter approaches, monitoring and properly caring for tires are vital to car safety.…

Helping Hands works to spruce up Ceylon park

CEYLON — Helping Hands of Ceylon is taking the beautification of Ceylon’s Mondale Park into their own hands. “It’s so…

Local Sports

Section implications loom when Fairmont takes on Titans

FAIRMONT – Fairmont football left Montgomery last October with a sour taste in its…

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

Mavericks win final regular season home match

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…

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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