NORTHROP – Seniors Elliot Flohrs and Ava Rathman have been chosen as the Triple A award recipients by Martin Luther High School for their athletic, artistic and academic pursuits. Flohrs said he played baseball and basketball growing up, and as such, he translated it into his junior and ...
FAIRMONT— With three bids received for the upcoming roofing project across both school buildings, the Fairmont School Board approved a $602,570 bid from Schwickert’s Tecta America in Mankato at their meeting on Tuesday. This beat out a $615,500 bid from Granite City Roofing out of Sauk Rapids and $814,100 from McDowell Company and Waite Park. These bids are all smaller than their base bids, as the school board decided to save costs by doing a fully adhered ketone ethylene ester (KEE) Fleeceback roof. Finance and Business Management Director Jessica Korte said the winning bid is in ...
FAIRMONT— On Monday the Fairmont Economic Development Authority (FEDA) approved its second Local Housing Trust Fund application, but not without some discussion first. FEDA is the loan committee for the newly established Local Housing Trust Fund. The application it discussed on Monday was for 1125 N. Main St., a single-family rental property. Koppen said there are quotes from Figueroa Construction that total $57,990, which makes it eligible for the full amount of a single family rental of $25,000. The 10 year forgivable loan will see 10 percent forgiven each year as long as it ...
SHERBURN — The Welcome Legion will have the Cribbage Tournament beginning with registration at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17. All area cribbage players are welcome to join the afternoon of fun. The Sherburn Theatre will be on a one month hiatus. No movies will be shown. Watch for news in March or late February. The Circle of Faith Parishes will meet at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 18 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Welcome followed by Trinity's Annual meeting and at First Lutheran Church in Trimont at 10:30 a.m. First Lutheran will host the CREST Lunch and Learn on Wednesday, Jan. 21. St. ...
FAIRMONT— Some proposals for the Southern Minnesota Educational Campus (SMEC) in Fairmont were considered by the Fairmont City Council on Monday. The city had first gone out for RFPs (Request for Proposal) on the building in April of 2025. Fairmont’s Economic Development Coordinator, Ned ...
FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council made some moves during its Monday meeting toward getting both an acting and permanent city administrator in place. Human Resources Manager, Rachel Viesselman, said, that while the city has not had an interim city administrator in place since November, and while it’s currently looking to fill the position, she thought the council could appoint an acting city administrator for the time being until a more permanent solution is found. At a special meeting on Dec. 29 the council had voiced a desire to appoint a city staff member to serve as acting ...
