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County hears of 10 year road plan

FAIRMONT— On Tuesday the Martin County Board of Commissioners heard a presentation from the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) on the District Seven 10 year Capital Highway Investment Plan (CHIP). In addition to giving a general overview of projects and funding sources, a few local projects were touched on, including the Truman sidewalk project, which is being funded in part through MnDOT’s Local Partnership Program. “We do keep about $700,000 a year for locally-led projects in the trunk highway right of way,” Sam Parker explained. “We appreciate Kevin (Peyman) ...

Sherburn hears Temperance Lake Ridge report

SHERBURN — The Sherburn City Council met on Monday and Ryan Ravallette from the Cornerstone management company gave a virtual report concerning Temperance Lake Ridge. He answered questions from the last council meeting, including what is causing the shortfall at TLR. He reported that the shortfall was now only $4,000 over budget and the revenue was up $48,000. Although not what it should be, it is a lot better than the report at the beginning of the year. The large shortfall of $275,000 was mostly from lower occupancy. He said the expenses have been cut and August had the lowest ...

Chest drive underway in Sherburn

SHERBURN — CREST Lunch and Learn program for Martin County seniors will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Sinn Family Celebration of Life Center in Sherburn. Please call (507) 235-3833 prior to the program date for a lunch count. CREST appreciates a free-will ...

Smooth start for new Fairmont clinic

FAIRMONT— The start of October brought with it the opening of the new Windom Area Health clinic in Fairmont, which opened its doors to patients on the first of the month after several weeks of remodeling its new space inside the Victoria State Crossing building. So far, Outreach and ...

Fundraiser bolstering new veterans fund

FAIRMONT – The Knights of Columbus will be kicking off a new project to benefit area veterans, a Veterans Assistance Fund, at a fundraiser on Oct. 11 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Fairmont. Event Co-Chair and Fairmont Area Knights of Columbus Member Bob Millette said they do six to eight fundraisers a year, many for veterans-related causes. “We'll have door prizes,” he said. “We'll have some raffles. Right now, we have 34 businesses that have donated for door prizes, and then we'll have some meat raffles, and there'll be a cash bar.” Doing a Veterans Assistance Fund ...

County EDA pores over economic development strategy

MARTIN COUNTY – The Martin Economic Development Authority (EDA) heard a report from Region Nine at Monday's MCEDA meeting as it works on a five-year roadmap for its area, including Martin County. To start, Representative Alejandra Bejarano explained how Region Nine works. “We partner with different state, federal and local agencies to administer and provide grants as well as other programming and projects,” she said. “We also are governed by a volunteer commission that's composed of elected officials from different townships, counties and cities, as well as business leaders ...