FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council on Monday considered a consultant service contract with a company to conduct a feasibility study of a municipally owned and operated cannabis retail store. The city’s acting administrator, Paul Hoye, provided some background. He said that back on March ...

FAIRMONT—St. Paul Lutheran School in Fairmont is under the guidance of a new principal, Harmon Butler, who assumed the role at the beginning of 2026. Butler and his wife, Julie, came to Fairmont from Kansas, where he was most recently the principal at St. John Lutheran School in Alma, ...

NORTHROP – While celebrating National Lutheran Schools Week, Martin Luther High School (MLHS) is hard at work ensuring students have the support they need academically and emotionally. Amber Diekmann now has a year and a half under her belt as Martin Luther’s Guidance Director. She began ...

Fairmont Speech takes bronze in Chanhassen FAIRMONT — The Fairmont Speech Team competed at the Chanhassen Speech Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, in Chanhassen and Chaska, Minn. Fairmont took third place as a team in the Limited Entry Sweepstakes. Varsity Next-in Finals: Senior ...

FAIRMONT – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is considering changing the daily bag limit for walleyes from six to four. MN DNR Regional Fisheries Manager Brian Nerbonne said it has been at six since 1956, but recent discussions have debated whether six is still the right ...

FAIRMONT— In the year 2025 the city of Fairmont took some major steps in addressing issues and concerns with the Chain of Lakes and for the first time ever, those actions have been compiled into a report for the public to review. Water Resources Coordinator, Hannah Neusch, said first and ...