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St. Martin’s to leave building, use Grace Lutheran for services

FAIRMONT— Sometime in its 150th year, the parish at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Fairmont will be vacating its church building at 102 N. Park Street and will instead utilize Grace Lutheran Church for weekly services. The church is the oldest in Fairmont, having been formed by English ...

Pork Producers form Hall of Fame

MARTIN COUNTY – The Martin County Pork Producers have created a new hall of fame to honor the trailblazers and success stories that have made Martin County the stalwart pork producer it is today. The first class consists of Larry Becker of LB Pork, Duane Behrens of Pork Behrens, Daryl Bartz ...

New Head Start Center opening in Blue Earth

BLUE EARTH – A partnership between Tri-Valley Opportunity Council and St. Luke’s Lutheran Care Center has paved the way for a new Head Start Center to open on the care center’s grounds. The space on St. Luke’s grounds was originally used as a child care center before the operators of ...

Coffee Lovers meet Thursdays at Lake Belt

CEYLON — A cribbage tournament will begin with registration at 1:15 p.m. today, Saturday, March 14, at the Welcome Legion Hall. Registration fees are reimbursed as prizes. There will be a cribbage tournament on Saturday, March 21. All area cribbage players are welcome to join the fun. Music ...

Students get community spotlight for artistic pursuits

FAIRMONT – High school students from across the region will have the opportunity to showcase their artistic skills to the public in their very own student art show at the Red Rock Center for the Arts starting March 17. This year, students from Fairmont, Martin County West, Martin Luther, ...

GHEC school day lengthened to shorten school year

GRANADA – In Thursday’s Granada-Huntley-East Chain School Board meeting, the 2026-27 and 2027-28 calendars were approved, shortening the number of days and increasing each school day by five minutes. The start of school will be on Aug. 25. Superintendent Doug Storbeck said this way, they ...