FAIRMONT – Out of 16 teams, Fairmont High School’s JV and Varsity FFA Livestock Judging teams placed second and fourth at the National Barrow Pig Show Judging Contest in Austin, Minn. this past Sunday. In addition, eighth-grader Morgan Ruppert of the JV team placed second overall of the ...
FAIRMONT— A more comprehensive review of the housing study that was recently done in Fairmont by Bowen National Research was presented earlier this week. Blight and affordability concerns and an overall lack of housing were identified in the study. Patrick Bowen presented to both the The Fairmont Economic Development Authority (FEDA) board and members of the Fairmont City Council. He prefaced the presentation by saying that in addition to looking at housing, community services, residential blight, developmental opportunities and costs, government regulations, best practices and ...
FAIRMONT – With a blank slate, several topics came to the forefront of the discussion during the Fairmont Park Board meeting on Tuesday. To start off, Board Chair Jodie Whitmore said she was thrilled with the coupons the city provides people for using the dump sites. In tandem, she spoke on the leaf collection and potential future changes to this program. “Is it or would it be feasible for Fairmont to start having yard waste tubs?” Whitmore asked. “So many cities have yard waste tubs at everybody's house, and a truck comes and gets them.” Public Works Superintendent Nick ...
BLUE EARTH— Safety in the right of way of county roads was one of the topics of discussion at the Faribault County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday. A policy on hay bales in the county road right of way (ROW) was also presented to the board for adoption by Public Works/county engineer April Wellman. “Hay bales in county road ROW can result in snow drifting across the road through the entirety of the winter,” Wellman explained. “This creates a hazard for the traveling public and additional work for the Public Works staff to track and plow these locations repeatedly for ...
TRUMAN — Granada-Huntley-East Chain School has been celebrating homecoming. Tomorrow is Spirit Dress Up Day. Show your Jaguar Pride. GHEC School has decided to move all Homecoming activities to Thursday, Sept. 17. This includes the Homecoming Parade, Pep Fest and football game. Diamond ...
MARTIN COUNTY – Federated Broadband's Border-to-Border project, which has worked in select areas stretching through rural north and south Martin County, is nearing completion after a year of work. The broadband project has taken $10 million to complete, with $8 million coming from a state ...
