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Fairmont Safe Routes To School Fairmont Safe Routes to School (SRTS) will be on Tuesday, April 19. SRTS provides four safe routes for children to get active by walking and biking to school one day a week during the fall and spring. Walkers and bikers are brought to their respective schools by crosswalk guards and adult volunteers along safe routes. The chaperoned routes will begin at the following locations: Route 1, Corner of Day Street and South Orient at 7:45 a.m., Route 2 at the Fairmont Aquatic Park at 7:30 a.m., Route 3 at St Paul Lutheran School Playground at 7:40 a.m., and ...

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Fairmont Rotary Club to meet Fairmont Rotary Club will meet at noon on Monday, May 18, at the Best Western hotel in Fairmont. The meeting’s speaker will be Police Chief Mike Beletti. Beletti will introduce himself and provide updates from the Fairmont Police Department. For additional information, visit www.fairmontrotary.org. Let’s Go Fishing to have spring training Let’s Go Fishing Fairmont chapter will have its annual spring training meeting at 9:30 a.m. or 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 18, in the Southern Minnesota Educational Campus (SMEC) building basement in Fairmont. All ...

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Ben Scruggs to perform at FBC Ben Scruggs will perform from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, at the Fairmont Brewing Company. For additional information, contact the FBC at (605) 941-6607. SJV Hope Café St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Fairmont will serve a free meal at 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 17. All are welcome to attend. If you are unable to attend in person, due to a lack of transportation, call (507) 235-2451 by noon on Friday, May 15, to have a meal delivered. MCHS open hours The Martin County Humane Society (MCHS) Carl Nettifee Memorial Animal Shelter in Fairmont will be ...

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Kiwanis to meet The Early Risers Kiwanis Club of Fairmont will meet for breakfast at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 13, at The Ranch restaurant in Fairmont. A meeting at 6:50 a.m. will follow. The meeting’s speaker will be Bowlmor Lanes owner Courtney Scott. All are welcome to attend. Unified Track and Field Day The Fairmont Unified Track and Field Day will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, May 15, at the Fairmont High School (FHS) Bob Bonk Track. For additional information, contact FHS at (507) 238-4411. Eurovision at Analog Games Analog Games in Fairmont will host a Eurovision ...

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TPS Prom Truman Public School (TPS) will have its Prom, “Classic Hollywood” at 6:30 p.m., with doors opening at 6 p.m., tonight, Saturday, May 9, in the TPS gymnasium. Free-will donations will be accepted. For additional information, contact TPS at (507) 776-2111. Area blood drives American Red Cross blood drives will be from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 11, at Presbyterian Church in Amboy, from noon to 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 14, at Blue Earth Area Youth for Christ, The Refuge center and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, May 15, at Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Fairmont. To ...

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FCH retirees for lunch The Fairmont Community Hospital (FCH) retirees will meet for lunch at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 11, at The Ranch restaurant in Fairmont. All are welcome to attend. PSQG to meet The Prairie Star Quilt Guild (PSQG) will meet on Monday, May 11, at the Fairmont Evangelical Covenant Church. The Quilt Board will meet at 12:30 p.m. The regular members will meet at 1 p.m. The meeting includes a Trash to Treasure event. Members are asked to bring any unwanted fabric and sewing-related items for free-will sale and take home someone else's treasure. Sew and Share will follow. ...