FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council held a special meeting on Thursday to once again discuss the city administrator candidate, Jason Baker. The council had previously questioned Baker’s experience, but considered whether he’d be best suited to serve in an interim capacity to ...

FAIRMONT – A project by MnDOT to make information on public transit across Minnesota more readily available has now added Prairie Lakes Transit to its map and database. This information is made more readily available via a map, located at mntransitplanner.com. You can enter a starting point ...

BLUE EARTH— A discussion on whether or not to continue offering free pool passes for Blue Earth residents in 2026 was at the top of the agenda at the Blue Earth City Council meeting on Tuesday. City Administrator Dawn Collins presented the council with a copy of the 2025 pool figures, as ...

WELCOME — The American Red Cross blood drives will be today, Feb. 20 at the American Legion Hall in Fairmont, Feb. 23 at the St. Paul's Community Church in Welcome and on Feb. 24 at Grace Lutheran Church in Fairmont. Call 800-733-2767 (800-RED-CROSS), go online to www.redcrossblood.org or ...

FAIRMONT – Two years after the program last opened, Fairmont is shaking things up with its rain barrels program. The program works via a collaboration between Fairmont and the Recycling Association of Minnesota (RAM). Fairmont Water Resources Coordinator Hannah Neusch said RAM uses recycled ...

SHERBURN— The Martin County West School Board held a special meeting before the regular meeting on Tuesday regarding the decision to not renew the contract of head volleyball coach, Kayla Zehms, which happened on Dec. 15, 2025. The room on Tuesday was filled with interested people. Some had ...