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Sherburn City Council discusses policy updates

SHERBURN — The Sherburn City Council met on Monday evening. The clerk is updating policies, and the one she explained to the council on Monday was the Records Management Policy. She formed a policy based on nearby towns near the size of Sherburn and used some ideas she got at the Institute ...

Sherburn Theatre to show ‘Lilo and Stitch’

SHERBURN — A CREST Lunch-N-Learn program will be at 11 a.m. today, May 21, at First Lutheran Church in Trimont, followed by a lunch. The program will be about gardening. These educational programs are free to senior citizens in Martin County. CREST appreciates a free will donation for the ...

Carlson dedicates 50 years to department

FAIRMONT – For 50 years, Roger Carlson has served Fairmont in several different roles with the fire department. Though he started in 1975, he initially wanted to start two years earlier. He was 19 and at the time you had to be 21 or over. When he got to that age, Carlson jumped at the ...

Racing pigs coming to town

FAIRMONT— Imagine Martin is bringing pig races to Fairmont this coming Saturday. Board Chair Jeff Rouse said the local arts non-profit has been told multiple times by people in the community that they would like to see more events and activities. “We thought we could help with this,” ...

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Two Fairmont students place fourth at NIETOC FAIRMONT — This past weekend, the Fairmont Speech Team competed at the National Individual Events Tournament of Champions (NIETOC) from Thursday, May 16 to Sunday, May 18 in Kansas City, Miss. Sophomore Leon Yang took Fourth Place in Humorous ...

Ahead of groundbreaking, MCW school plans develop

SHERBURN— It’s been just over a year since the $64.7 million bond referendum for a new school that will house all students grades preK- 12th in the Martin County West (MCW) School District passed. In a week and a half the district and community will celebrate the beginning of the project in ...