FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council gathered on Tuesday evening for a goal setting/Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) workshop during which time councilors had the opportunity to identify what they each thought the city should focus on. The general consensus was that roads should be a top ...

SHERBURN — Congratulations to Odell VanHyfte who will celebrate his 90th birthday on July 30. Cards can reach him at 107 Kenzie St., Sherburn, MN 56171. Condolences to the family of Lori Koerselman who passed away recently. She will be missed. July is almost over and August is not far in ...

FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council for about the past two years has actively been talking about cleaning up the Yard Waste Recycling Site. At its meeting on Monday two items of consideration were brought before the council— to approve a purchase order for screening compost and sweeping and ...

FAIRMONT— On Monday the Fairmont City Council again discussed the Gomsrud Park- North parking lot project. The council hired Bolton & Men in February of 2023 as designer for the project, which has changed in scope several times with council input. On Monday Public Works Director ...

FAIRMONT—Coming from all over the country but gathering in Fairmont for its annual convention, the Happy Pig Collectors Club has been checking out Martin County— and its dozens of hog statues. Group leader Janet Booth, who calls herself the head hog, hails from Nashville. She said this is ...

FAIRMONT— In keeping in line with its mission to preserve and enhance the water quality of the chain of lakes in Fairmont, members of the Fairmont Lakes Foundation, Inc. (FLF) gathered Friday morning to plant over 2,000 native plants along the shorelines. FLF Chairman, Jon Omvig, said that ...