FAIRMONT — Here’s the ‘scoop’. The local Dairy Queen will continue scooping ice cream for customers with the help of a new leader. Current owner Scott Vaubel is set to pass the restaurant’s reins to Lisa De Boer on Thursday, May 1, after a strong five years of operation in ...

FAIRMONT— The future of the Southern Minnesota Educational Campus (SMEC) building in Fairmont was discussed by the Fairmont City Council during its meeting on Monday. For the majority of its long existence, the SMEC building has housed some kind of educational entity including both Central ...

Fairmont Speech claims bronze at State FAIRMONT — The Fairmont High School Speech Team competed at the MSHSL Class A State Speech competition on Saturday, April 25, in Shakopee. Over 90 teams and over 330 participants were in attendance. Fairmont Speech took third place as a team and ...

FAIRMONT— Voss Cleaning Services has added a new division to its corporation as it acquired PC Janitorial Supply at 601 North Prairie Avenue in Fairmont earlier this year. Prior to this new addition, owner Chris Voss has already had CleanRite ChemDry and CleanRite Janitorial. He started ...

FAIRMONT— After sitting empty and untouched for three years, work has finally begun on the new childcare space at Lakeview Methodist Healthcare Center in Fairmont. Building Blocks Learning Center and Childcare has been housed within Lakeview since 2017 and when Lakeview decided to expand a ...

FAIRMONT – Every week since March, a bilingual learning breakfast has given Spanish and English-speaking students a chance to learn about life after high school. Principal for grades 7 and 8 and Associate for grades 9 to 12, Brooke Schultz said there are currently around 80 English Language ...