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Last Trimont Farmers Market today

WELCOME — The last Trimont Farmers Market is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, Friday, Sept. 25, at Anderson Park in Trimont. There will be vendors, activities and a lunch including Swedish meatballs, scalloped potatoes, salads and bars available for purchase. The theme for craft activities is ...

Grants clear way for CTE equipment

SHERBURN – Thanks to $7,500 grants from Compeer Financial’s The Next ACRE program and Odell Wind Farms, Martin County West will be bringing their welding equipment up to speed. The opportunities for grants were sent out to the schools via email, which grant writer and MCW ag teacher ...

Klanderud retiring from Sheriff’s Office

MARTIN COUNTY – After nearly 30 years working for law enforcement in Martin County, Chief Deputy Corey Klanderud is retiring on Sept. 30. Klanderud began his law enforcement career unassumingly, by taking a class to try it in college. “I was going to school at Minnesota State University, ...

Ethics, AI head historical society speech

FAIRMONT – Michael Thate, a 1997 Fairmont High School graduate with time spent at Princeton and George Washington University and who’s currently at MIT as a McDonald Senior Distinguished Research Scholar, gave the featured speech at the Martin County Historical Society (MCHS) Annual ...

Courts

MARTIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Driving after revocation — Jose C. Rubalcava Jr., 53, of Mankato; fined $285. Speeding — Katie E. Driehorst, 48, of Fairmont; fined $135. Fabiola Lopez Ramos, 23, of Fairmont, was convicted of no Minnesota driver’s license; fined $185. Also convicted of no insurance driver; fined $200. FARIBAULT COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Speeding — Owen J. Wheeler, 22, of Northfield; fined $125; Luke P. Schuldt, 22, of Sioux Falls, S.D.; fined $135; Monty D. Burns, 31, of Albert Lea; fined $145; Sergio L. Castanon Peralta, 37, of Addison, Ill.; fined ...

Police

FAIRMONT Wednesday, Sept. 23 1:46 a.m. — A suspicious circumstance was reported in the 1900 block of North State Street. 8:47 a.m. — Police investigated a fraud/counterfeiting complaint in the 900 block of East 4thn Street. 12:26 p.m. — Police rendered assistance to the ambulance in the 1300 block of Holland Street. 3:04 p.m. — Police rendered assistance to the ambulance in the 200 block of Lake Park Boulevard. 8:55 p.m. — A suspicious circumstance was reported in the 1300 block of N. North Avenue. 9:34 p.m. — An animal complaint/bite was reported in the ...