ABOVE: Sady and Jaxson Rohman and their wedding party. Courtesy of Jorun Photography

FAIRMONT– According to the Martin County Recorder’s Office, 100 marriage license were issued in the county in 2025. However, not all those residing in the county chose to get married in the county. Those who did, including Sady and Jaxson Rohman, Andrea and Carson Toomer and Mallory and Steven Krumholz, opted to go with local vendors that helped make an important day all the more special.

ROHMAN

Sady (Ringnell) Rohman and Jaxson Rohman began dating as freshmen students at Martin County West. They got engaged to be married at the end of May of 2024 and married on Sept. 20, 2025.

Their ceremony was at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Sherburn and their reception was at Fox Lake Event Center, which Sady called a good deal and enough space to accommodate their needs, which were many as Sady said their next course of action was to start working on the guest list. The couple ended up having 350 guests at their wedding.

Date and venue booked, next they booked Jorun Photography out of Sioux Falls and Jayme Abel of Fairmont as their videographer.

Sady admitted they went back and forth on the decision to have a videographer or not, but said, “I’m so glad we did it.”

Blake Potthoff of Fairmont served as the DJ, and for food, the Martin County Pork Producers provide pork chops and HyVee did the side dishes. For dessert, they kept it in the family as Jaxson’s grandma made cookies.

Hudson Ringnell of Hair by Hudson, Sady’s cousin, did hair and a friend from Sioux Falls did makeup. Bobbi Kolasch from Armstrong served as the decorator.

“I highly recommend a decorator,” Sady said.

Sherburn Nursery and Floral did the flowers. Sady opted to keep her bouquet simpler with greenery and white flowers. Their overall wedding colors were olive green, black and white.

There was a themed drink, a dirty shirley, called Indy, named after their dog, a cockapoo.

Looking back on the day, Sady said they were intentional about who they booked.

“We definitely wanted to keep it more local,” Sady said.

One special moment for her was that the pastor who married them, Pastor Steve Wilson, had actually baptized, confirmed and then married Sady. It was also the last wedding he did before he retired.

As a photographer herself, Sady was prepared for photos and when it comes to giving advice to other brides, she emphasized the importance of being prepared.

“Definitely pick what pictures you want and who you want them with and make a list. It helps it go much faster,” she said.

Sady also suggested that the wedding day be on a timeline. While she didn’t have a wedding planner, Sady made sure she was organized.

“People think I’m crazy but I made a book that had literally every minute of our day planned out,” she said.

“I would definitely have a wedding again if I could,” Sady said with a laugh. “I loved planning everything. Looking back, I just loved our day.”

ABOVE: Carson and Andrea Toomer and their wedding party, dressed in a fall color palette of burnt orange, brown and olive green. Photo courtesy of Morgan Maxine Photography

TOOMER

Andrea (Wescott) Toomer and Carson Toomer, both graduates of Fairmont High School, got engaged in November of 2023 and married on Oct. 4, 2025.

“We actually got married on our original anniversary. We started dating on senior homecoming. Our wedding was our six year anniversary,” Andrea said.

She said they wanted a fall wedding and that once they found out their anniversary date was on a Saturday, they quickly went with that date. Next, she said they did the big things, including booking a venue and finding a photographer.

They got married by Pastor Anthony Bertram at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fairmont and for their venue, the Toomers also went with Fox Lake Event Center and Andrea said they were one of the first weddings to book the venue, which was not even built yet at the end of 2023.

Finding a photographer proved to be difficult as Andrea said, “I had reached out to a bunch and three told me they were already booked and it was two years away.”

They ended up booking Morgan Maxine Photography and then booking Say I Do Decor from Fairmont as the decorator. After that, Andrea said there was a lull before some of the other vendors were booked months later.

For food they got Hi-Lo Club out of Lakefield to cater bacon wrapped chicken and tri tip, potatoes, beans and salad. A cake just for the couple was made by Cathy Celander and desserts were made by family members with each making a different kind of bar including pumpkin, banana and brownies.

When it came to colors, Andrea said they went with a fall color palette including burnt orange, olive green and brown. The bridesmaid dresses, in burnt orange, were ordered from Birdie Grey and the groomsmen suits, in brown, were from Fairmont Men’s Formal Wear. The bride of course was in white while the groom wore olive green.

The floral arrangements, done by Flowers by Julie (Julie Fleming), also incorporated these colors.

“I loved my flowers,” Andrea emphasized.

Hair and makeup were done by local professionals, Gena McKean of Shear Radiance and Kobi Malo of Kobi’s Kove. Makeup was done by Koral Hargan.

While Andrea said they wanted their dog, Winnie, a mini golden doodle, at the wedding, they still found a way to incorporate her into their big day.

“We made our cocktail hour themed around our dog. The can coozies were of our dog and we had cups for snacks of our dog. There was a sign of her by the bar that said ‘drinks on me,'” Andrea said.

She admitted that she did not like wedding planning, but when everything was said and done, the wedding over, she missed it.

“It was a good day, the whole day,” she said. “It’s crazy how you plan everything but have no idea what it’s going to look like until that day and it just all comes together.”

As for advice she’d give to other couples planning their wedding, Andrea suggested they prioritize booking the specific vendors they want first to ensure they get them.

ABOVE: Steven and Mallory Krumholz and their three Bernese Mountain Dogs, Mabel, Georgia and Frankie, who got to take part in their big day. Photo courtesy of Hinton Studios

KRUMHOLZ

Mallory (Gochanour) Krumholz and Steven Krumholz knew each other growing up as they both attended the same church, Bethel Evangelical Free Church in Fairmont. They got engaged on Oct. 10, 2024 and married just under a year later on Oct. 4 2025.

When it came to wedding planning, Mallory said she was really relaxed about the whole thing. In December she started looking for a photographer and videographer and tried to stay local but admitted it was hard to find someone who wasn’t booked.

“I always tell brides, ‘if I were you the first thing I’d do is book a venue and a photographer.’ I think I reached out to 20 different combinations… and everyone was booked.”

She found a husband-wife duo out of the metro area, Hinton Studios, that do both photography and videography and that’s who they went with.

“That was the first thing I did was video and photos,” Mallory said.

The venue was easy because Mallory said her one request was a backyard wedding at her parents’ house.

“I wanted it to feel like a special day, but also like us,” Mallory said.

The ceremony was done by both Pastor Seth Watson of Bethel and Steven’s dad, Bill Krumholz, who married them.

The couple had a large wedding party, consisting of both family and friends, with 12 bridesmaids, 10 groomsmen and 12 nieces and nephews who served as flower girls and ring bearers.

Another special addition was that their three dogs, Bernese Mountain Dogs, which Mallory breeds and raises, also walked down the aisle wearing blue bow as Mallory said they doubled as her ‘something blue.’

Following the outdoor ceremony, the reception was then under a big tent in the backyard.

The food was made by Bill and Bobbi Kolasch and Shaina Scheppmann made a cake for the couple to cut and for the guests, there were monster cookies made by Mallory’s mom and an O’Scoops ice cream truck which guests got a ticket for.

Many of the items, including tables and chairs, lights and a dance floor, came from Bobbi Kolasch and some of Malloy’s family members provided the flowers and helped with the rest of the decorations, which included whicker baskets for the bridesmaids’ bouquets.

“My biggest wish was to make it whimsical,” Mallory said of the floral arrangements.

Another interesting aspect of the wedding was that, because Mallory didn’t fall in love with a dress while shopping, she had one custom-made from scratch for her by Alanna Barnes (The Sewing Barnes), who also made a matching tie for the groom.

“It was fun. The dress and the tie matched. It was so sweet,” Mallory said.

Blake Potthoff of Fairmont served as DJ and also provided sound for the ceremony and the wedding rings were from Sovell Jewelry in Fairmont, who Mallory said she’s been recommending to people ever since.

Reminiscing on their day and the planning leading up to it, Mallory had some advice to share.

“I know everyone is different, but for me, I promised myself to never make it stressful. It shouldn’t be stressful, so I would say just enjoy it and don’t make it a huge production and remember that it’s your wedding and who you’re getting married to is the whole point,” she said.

*This article ran in the Bridal Guide in the Feb. 26 edition of the Sentinel.