FAIRMONT – For 130 years, 80 acres outside of Fairmont has been the farm of the McNerney/Maday family. The original homesteader’s father emigrated to America from Ireland. John McNerney left behind four kids after passing Nov. 11, 1879, leaving four kids. One of these, James McNerney, ...

FAIRMONT – Keeping the ground and water of Martin County safe from contamination via manure and fertilizer is an ongoing, concentrated task via multiple angles. Nitrates, the contaminant often introduced via runoff from fertilizer use, were found not to be in violation of the Environmental ...

Fairmont – A watershed plan for the Blue Earth River to unite funding goals through Martin, Jackson, Fairbault, Freeborn and Blue Earth counties has made significant headway with citizen feedback. Martin County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) Outreach Coordinator Jesse Walters ...

FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council continued interviews of city administrator candidates on Friday by speaking with Pat Oman and Dana Schoening. The council had interviewed three other candidates, Scott Hilderbrand, Lou Leone and Sam Demel, on Thursday. Both Thursday and Friday’s ...

FAIRMONT — To acknowledge National Farm Safety Week from Sept. 21 to Sept. 27, the Martin County Farm Bureau hosted its third-annual Progressive Agriculture Safety Day (PAF Safety Day) on Friday at Heritage Acres in Fairmont. The event is put on to encourage ag-involvement and inform ...

FAIRMONT – Using funds from the Child and Teen Check Up Grant, Faribault and Martin County Health and Human Services (FMCHS) has been getting the word out in both physically and metaphorically large spaces. The funding is part of Minnesota’s Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and ...