FAIRMONT – The Fairmont School Board approved a tax levy increase of 19.1% during its meeting on Tuesday. This is decreased slightly from the 19.28% increase proposed as a preliminary in September. The decision came with a public comment section, but no one was there to comment. With ...

SHERBURN — The St. John's Lutheran Ladies LWML group will have their Christmas program at 2 p.m. today, Dec. 10. Refreshments served after the program. Celebrate the Reason for the Season- Christ's Birth. Area women are welcome to join them. Their Partner Church in Wilbert will have their ...

FAIRMONT— With no city administrator and no interim in place, the Fairmont City Council considered the leadership structure for the foreseeable future at its Monday meeting. City Clerk Betsy Steuber provided both some background and some options, which were provided by legal counsel, to the ...

FAIRMONT— The Fairmont City Council held a short special meeting at 2 p.m. on Monday. The meeting was noticed as a continuation of preliminary consideration of allegations against an individual (Council Member Britney Kawecki) subject to the city council’s authority. However, Mayor Lee ...

FAIRMONT – With more numbers in, the Fairmont Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) decided against their plans to acquire the Whitetail Ridge Project at their meeting on Monday. Fairmont HRA Executive Director Gail Diede said the interest rate for Whitetail Ridge would be 5.34 percent ...

SHERBURN— “We’re really building a school,” Martin County West (MCW) School Superintendent Cori Reynolds said on Friday as she watched crews from Wells Concrete put up the first exterior wall panels of the new school building in Sherburn. While work began soon after the groundbreaking ...