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People and Events

PSQG to meet

The Prairie Star Quilt Guild (PSQG) will meet on Monday, Feb. 9, at the Fairmont Evangelical Covenant Church in Fairmont. The day will begin with a sewing get together at 9 a.m. Those sewing should bring a sack lunch and a picture or pattern of what your Dream Quilt would be, to share. The Quilt Board will meet at 12:30 p.m. and the regular membership meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. Sew and share will follow. For additional information, contact PSQG President Joan Syverson at (507) 236-1385.

Lego Club pieces together

Lego Club for ages kindergarten and up will be from 5 to 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 8, at the Martin County Library in Fairmont. Lego bricks will be provided. For additional information, contact the Martin County Library in Fairmont at (507) 238-4207.

Fairmont Service Club to meet

The Fairmont Service Club will have its weekly meeting at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at the Best

Western in Fairmont. The featured speaker will be Dr. Carina Crookston of the United Hospital District Fairmont Clinic. All are welcome.

Fairmont blood drives

American Red Cross blood drives will be from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 10 and from noon to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at the Best Western hotel in Fairmont. To make a blood donation appointment, visit www.redcrossblood.org or call 1 (800) 733-2767.

College News

Jacob Fiala of Welcome has been named to the Fall 2025 Dean’s List at Saint Mary’s University in Winona.

Macy Hanson of Granada was named to the Fall 2025 Dean’s List at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in Minneapolis.

Ivy Schomberg, Ava Terfehr and Anna Utermarck of Fairmont, and Macy Smith of Truman, have been named to the Fall 2025 Dean’s List at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.

Emma Gudahl, Katelynn Sommer of Fairmont, Emily Anderson of Sherburn, Carson Hastad of Truman and Ash Maday of Welcome have been named to the Fall 2025 Dean’s List at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in River Falls, Wis.

Evelin Chavez Martin of Fairmont and Richard Dague of Truman have been named to the Fall 2025 Dean’s List, and Abigail Sundeen and Jack Mahoney-Berg of Fairmont have been named to the Fall 2025 President’s List, at Riverland Community College in Austin.

Payten Benda and Rachel Tusa of Alpha, Eli Blagg, Jacob Grandgenett, Payten Gudahl, Kylie Rosenau, Lauren Survis and Sara Wirth of Blue Earth, Sydney Anderson of Dunnell, Macy Sonnek and Isabel Wisch of Easton, Kyla Roiger of Elmore, Lincoln Becker, Anna Busche, Kate Busche, Paige Hainy, Gavin Junkermeier, Hudson Laven, Lillian Laven, Victoria Meier, Valeria Morales, Ty Nawrocki, Meredith Nemmers, Otto Neusch, Grace Pendergast and Morgan Striemer of Fairmont, Merissa Cartwright of Granada, Trevor Sieberg of Minnesota Lake, Kelsey Sagehorn, Isabelle Swanson and Lunden Swanson of Ormsby, Isabella Fitzgerald and Tyson Thiesse of Sherburn, Kelley Bettin, Kiley Bettin, Riley Kascht and Cody Potts of Trimont, Avery Sanders of Truman, Justine Eisenmenger, Tanner Sinn, and KayLea Truesdell of Welcome, Braxton O’Rourke and Taylor Schroeder of Wells have been named to the Fall 2025 Dean’s List at South Dakota State University in Brookings, S.D.

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