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Lakes Foundation holding lake cleanup challenges

FAIRMONT – With years of experience cleaning up the lakes, the Fairmont Lakes Foundation (FLF) is looking to stir up some more help from the public with monthly Lake Cleanup Challenges. For years, FLF has held its cleanup in the spring, getting together with other groups to do a big ...

New street signs coming to Fairmont

FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council approved of getting new street signs at its meeting on Monday. Fairmont’s Public Works Director, Matthew York said, “In 2023 I noticed that our street name signs were not all in compliance with the MUTCD (Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices) to ...

Sherburn Summer Festival June 19, 20

SHERBURN — The Vacation Bible School begins today, Wednesday, June 10, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Sherburn for children in preschool and kindergarten. The Day Camp for the older children will be from July 6 to July 10. The ladies' group LWML at St. John will meet at 2 p.m. today, ...

BEA Board closes one school year, looks to the next

BLUE EARTH— With nearly 40 items on its agenda, the Blue Earth Area School Board was expecting a fairly long meeting on Monday night and that is just what happened. Some of the items were the usual ones that are covered at all meetings, like staff reports. Others were a series of items that had to do with starting a new year – the end of one school year and the start of another. Two resolutions were passed that had to do with the upcoming school board election, which will be held during the General Election. The first one set the date, Nov. 3, and the second one established the ...

Beletti touches on E bike rules

FAIRMONT— Fairmont Police Chief Mike Beletti spoke during Monday’s city council meeting to provide some information on E bikes and E scooters safety and regulations. “We went over this a month or so ago when we really started to see E bikes and motorized equipment out on our streets ...

Police

FAIRMONT Monday, June 8 12:33 a.m. — A suspicious circumstance was reported in the 40 block of Downtown Plaza. Assistance was rendered. 11:42 a.m. — Police investigated a trespassing complaint in the 1100 block of Lake Avenue. 2:30 p.m. — A disturbance/disorderly conduct/nuisance was reported in the 100 block of Linden Avenue. 2:57 p.m. — Police investigated a trespassing complaint in the 600 block of North Dewey Street. 4:27 p.m. — Police investigated a fraud/counterfeiting complaint in the 1800 block of South Prairie Avenue. 5:18 p.m. — An animal ...