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After three years of work, local store ready for business

FAIRMONT – Cameron Kamlitz has been working on his small business for three years, and now all that hard work has paid off. The Powder Keg, located at 219 North State Street in Fairmont where Benjamin Moore Paints previously was, specializes in hunting-related products, including rifles, ...

3M in Fairmont to end operations

FAIRMONT— This week employees at 3M in Fairmont learned that the site would be closing permanently. The plant has been in Fairmont since 1946. “As part of our looking at manufacturing and supply chain efficiencies, the company is going to be discontinuing production at 3M Fairmont likely ...

Local job market at state level, grappling with higher unemployment

FAIRMONT – With businesses continuing to come and go, Martin County is staying at around the state average when it comes to the job market and its prospects while dealing with higher unemployment. When it comes to the numbers, it’s Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic ...

Helping Hands delivering food boxes

CEYLON — Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Ceylon will have services at 5:30 p.m. tonight, Jan. 17 with communion. They have services on the first and third Saturday evenings. They also invite area residents to join them for Bible Study at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesdays. St. Paul's Lutheran Church in ...

A continued family streak and 4.0 GPA shine in Truman AAA students

TRUMAN – Seniors Griffin Studer and Londyn Bowers have been selected by Truman Public Schools as their Triple A winners for excellence in the arts, athletics and academics. Griffin Studer has been a band person artistically. He plays percussion, and unlike many other instruments which have ...

Artist combines adventure and art for local youth

FAIRMONT – Those who see the mural in front of Graffiti Corner might find a surprise inside the painted fish feeder’s flap. Artist Caroline Porter has left several artwork prints and small gift cards inside the mural in the past few months. She said the project was inspired by her ...