FAIRMONT — Introduced as 2025-2026 student school board members, Fairmont High School (FHS) junior Emma Pockrus, senior Wendy Medina Ambrosio and senior Bel Lutterman aim to raise the volume of peer voices amid Fairmont Area Schools' endeavors to enrich the student experience. The three ...

BLUE EARTH— The Faribault County Board of Commissioners, at their meeting on Tuesday, learned that a joint utility effort between several regional utilities is working to build a proposed 765 kV transmission line from the South Dakota/Minnesota border across the southern tier of Minnesota ...

WELCOME — At the Welcome City Council’s meeting on Tuesday, Bolton and Menk Engineer Travis Winter reported on the progress of the street project and the council approved payment of $875,044-plus to the construction costs. Winter explained that the progress was in good shape, especially ...

TRUMAN — The Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther Jaguar volleyball team has a game at 7 p.m. tonight, Oct. 9, in Mountain Lake. The GHEC/Truman Jaguar football game against Heron Lake Okabena/Gulda will be at 7 pm on Friday, Oct. 10, at Fulda High School. The Farmers' Market ...

FAIRMONT – Three public health officials who work in or with Martin-Faribault-Watowan Counties have been recognized with awards from the Minnesota Society of Public Health Education (MNSOPHE). Caroline McCourt was selected for the Emergency Preparedness Powerhouse award. She won the award ...

FAIRMONT – The Fairmont Debate team is around halfway through their season, and the drive to succeed as one of the smaller schools to have a debate team in the state is ever-present. Last year, Coach Erik Walker said they had a solid start before slipping a tad in the second half. “We ...