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Colonel shares lessons of teamwork, perseverance

GRANADA – Dozens of students, staff, parents, veterans and general community attendees heard patriotic songs and learned from Colonel Glen Christenson at Granada-Huntley-East Chain's (GHEC) Veterans Day event on Wednesday. The event started with performances of “Let Freedom Ring” ...

Something for everyone

FAIRMONT—Today, Nov. 12, is widely known as National Community Education Day and serves as a time to celebrate the people who make lifelong learning programs possible. The Fairmont area is fortunate enough to have a community education and recreation (CER) program that’s also able to offer ...

MCW gears up for ‘Wizard of Oz’

SHERBURN — The special Rose sale at the Sherburn Nursery will end on Nov. 14. Bring in two or more cans of non-perishable food for the food shelf and they will sell a dozen roses to you for $10. Call (507) 764-3191 for further information. What a good idea. Condolences to the families ...

Turkey bingo in Granada on Sunday

TRUMAN — Junk Journal Drop-in will be from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13, at the Truman City Library. Junk journaling is similar to scrapbooking. If you still have any farmers market tokens please return them to Profinium Bank in Truman or Truman city offices. The remaining ...

School board makes final referendum decision

FAIRMONT – At Tuesday’s Fairmont School Board meeting, board members had to make a choice about whether or not to go out for a referendum on building fixes, updates and changes. The vote will happen in less than three months, on Feb. 9, 2027. Board Member Michael Edman said this has been talked about at every operations committee meeting for as long as he can remember. “We looked at the needs of both our buildings, at the high school in particular, and our programmatic needs with our arts department,” he said. “We put it on the ballot, if you all recall, a question to the ...

Ground broken on female veterans’ sober living house

MANKATO – Bravo Zulu House, based in Southern Minnesota with their male veterans' sober living house in Martin County, has taken the next step with a groundbreaking of their female veteran’s sober living house in Mankato on Wednesday. This step has been planned since Bravo Zulu House was ...