FAIRMONT – Six Fairmont mayoral candidates and four Martin County Commissioner candidates, two from district two and two from district four, answered the questions facing the community's future at a forum in the Fairmont City Council Chambers on Tuesday evening. Each candidate had one ...
MARTIN COUNTY – Working with farmers on conservation and precision agriculture to make the most of their land, Shelby Oldenkamp is Martin County’s new Southwest Minnesota Precision Ag and Conservation Specialist with Pheasants Forever. Farming is in Oldenkamp’s blood, having done so ...
FAIRMONT — People can now see a free flick at Fairmont 5 Theatres by checking out the new movie passes at the Martin County Library in Fairmont. “It’s really exciting. We think that everybody does better when everybody does better, so it’s nice to be able to partner with local ...
TRUMAN — October is National Pork Month. Thank you, Pork Producers, for all you do. October is also cosmetology month. Thank you to all the amazing stylists in our lives. Happy 80th birthday to Sylvia Burmeister today, Oct. 1. Mail your birthday greetings to Sylvia at 620 Summit ...
TRUMAN – Among multiple pilot programs that Scouting America runs each year, the Trailblazer program is landing in Truman for area second, third and fourth-grade students The Northern Star Council, which covers 37 counties in Minnesota including Martin, opted into this pilot program looking to help communities that need more support on the scouting side. “There are communities, families that we've struggled to serve,” Field Director Erik Karre said. “We said, ‘Hey, this may be a great opportunity for us to try to see if we can serve families and if there's interest from ...
FAIRMONT – Changes to the city of Fairmont's special assessment policy faced scrutiny from the city council at its meeting on Monday. The changes were to sections 1.4 and 5.2. Section 1.4, it now states the assessment policies are designed only to serve as a general guide for city council in allocating benefits to properties for defraying the cost of installing public improvements. The council also reserves the right to vary from these policies in unique or unusual circumstances, provided the city complies with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429 regarding special benefit analysis. To ...
