SHERBURN — The Sherburn City Council met on Monday evening and discussed snow blowing for this winter around Highway 4 downtown and the elementary school building on 5th Street. The state removes the snow since the highway is their road but does it when they can schedule it and this year plan ...

BLUE EARTH— The 20th annual Southern Minnesota Women of Worth (WoW) Expo will be held at the Blue Earth Area High School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8. Admission to the event is free. This year’s featured speaker will be Gaye Lindfors, a Christian author and public speaker from ...

FAIRMONT – Lincoln Becker, a Fairmont High School graduate, is the most recent in his family to receive an American FFA Degree, the highest achievement an FFA student can receive. To receive this recognition, the National FFA Foundation says an FFA member must have earned at least $10,000 ...

FAIRMONT – The Martin County Economic Development Authority (MCEDA) laid out its priority plan and what it has been able to achieve so far in 2025 during Monday’s meeting. Starting on broadband, Community and Economic Development Associates (CEDA) Specialist Amber Patten said they are ...

FAIRMONT – It was meant to be a planned six-hour surgery for a heart defect undetected since birth. Instead, Fairmont Farmer Mark Lenort underwent a 14-hour surgery that landed him in the hospital for two months. Lenort said they had performed a CT scan, ultrasound, MRI and angiogram, but ...

FAIRMONT—Residents of Martin County will soon get their Truth in Taxation notices which give an estimate of property taxes based on the preliminary rate set by the jurisdiction the property is located on. Jessica Laue, the new Martin County Assessor, acknowledged that most everyone’s ...