NORTHROP – Seniors Elliot Flohrs and Ava Rathman have been chosen as the Triple A award recipients by Martin Luther High School for their athletic, artistic and academic pursuits. Flohrs said he played baseball and basketball growing up, and as such, he translated it into his junior and ...

FAIRMONT— With three bids received for the upcoming roofing project across both school buildings, the Fairmont School Board approved a $602,570 bid from Schwickert’s Tecta America in Mankato at their meeting on Tuesday. This beat out a $615,500 bid from Granite City Roofing out of Sauk ...

FAIRMONT— On Monday the Fairmont Economic Development Authority (FEDA) approved its second Local Housing Trust Fund application, but not without some discussion first. FEDA is the loan committee for the newly established Local Housing Trust Fund. The application it discussed on Monday was ...

SHERBURN — The Welcome Legion will have the Cribbage Tournament beginning with registration at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17. All area cribbage players are welcome to join the afternoon of fun. The Sherburn Theatre will be on a one month hiatus. No movies will be shown. Watch for news in ...

FAIRMONT— Some proposals for the Southern Minnesota Educational Campus (SMEC) in Fairmont were considered by the Fairmont City Council on Monday. The city had first gone out for RFPs (Request for Proposal) on the building in April of 2025. Fairmont’s Economic Development Coordinator, Ned ...

FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council made some moves during its Monday meeting toward getting both an acting and permanent city administrator in place. Human Resources Manager, Rachel Viesselman, said, that while the city has not had an interim city administrator in place since November, and ...