Low Vision Support Group meets Monday

CREST is launching a Low Vision Support Group that provides reassurance and assistance to people living with vision-related problems. You are free to share what’s bothering you and learn about ways to combat and/or live with low vision. You are not alone. Working together can make our lives much brighter.

The group will meet 1:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, at the CREST office located at 820 Winnebago Ave. in Fairmont. Please consider sitting in on the meeting if you are experiencing some sort of visual problem. No registration is necessary and refreshments will be served following the meeting.

Early Childhood screening upcoming

Fairmont Area Schools will offer Early Childhood screening for children born between Sept. 1, 2016, and May 3, 2019, on Tuesdays, Feb. 1, March 1, April 5, and May 3, in Suite 101 at Fairmont Elementary School, 714 Victoria St. in Fairmont. Minnesota law requires that all children entering kindergarten be screened prior to the start of school. The screenings will be conducted at no cost to families living in the school district. Appointments may be made by calling Fairmont Area Schools at (507) 235-6205 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

College News

Tabitha Thatcher of Fairmont, and Sierra Tumbleson of Trimont, were named to the dean’s list for the 2021 fall semester at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa.

Amanda Jacobson of Bricelyn was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester of the 2021-2022 academic year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wis.

Alexis Lunn of Fairmont graduated and was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree on Dec. 11, 2021, at Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa.