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BEA Board closes one school year, looks to the next

BLUE EARTH— With nearly 40 items on its agenda, the Blue Earth Area School Board was expecting a fairly long meeting on Monday night and that is just what happened. Some of the items were the usual ones that are covered at all meetings, like staff reports. Others were a series of items that had to do with starting a new year – the end of one school year and the start of another. Two resolutions were passed that had to do with the upcoming school board election, which will be held during the General Election. The first one set the date, Nov. 3, and the second one established the ...

Sherburn Summer Festival June 19, 20

SHERBURN — The Vacation Bible School begins today, Wednesday, June 10, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Sherburn for children in preschool and kindergarten. The Day Camp for the older children will be from July 6 to July 10. The ladies' group LWML at St. John will meet at 2 p.m. today, ...

Hearing progress, council OKs phase two of harvesting

FAIRMONT— On Monday the Fairmont City Council heard a progress report from Premier Lake Harvesting, LLC on phase one of the Curly Leaf Pondweed (CLP) removal process in the chain of lakes. The council then considered whether it wanted to preceded with phase two of the project. The council ...

New location, same farmers market fervor

FAIRMONT – While the location has changed from the Five Lakes Centre Mall parking lot to the Bomgaars parking lot, the same excitement for the season is being felt by those with the Fairmont Farmers Market, which starts on Saturday, June 13. Coordinator Doug Abel said the move happened due to new ownership at the mall. “It changed owners, and the new owner has decided not to let the farmers market back in,” he said. “We were kind of forced to pick a different place.” After a period of discussion and plenty of thought, Bomgaars was chosen as the new location. So far, Abel ...

Welcome church celebrates 125 years

WELCOME— St. Paul Community Church in Welcome will celebrate its 125th anniversary with a special service at 9:30 a.m. on June 14. The current worship leaders, a son of the congregation, Brian Wohlhuter, and a former pastor, Rob Bellin, are scheduled to speak. The congregation began with ...

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FHS Robotics, The MegaHertz, sees success at State FAIRMONT — The Fairmont High School Robotics Team, Team 2847-The MegaHertz qualified for the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Robotics Tournament. The team earned its spot by placing second at both the Lake Superior Regional in Duluth and the Iowa Regional in Cedar Falls in March. The tournament was held on Saturday, May 16, at the Gangelhoff Center at Concordia University in Saint Paul. Minnesota’s 36 highest-performing teams received invites to the single-class competition. The Fairmont team finished the qualification ...